Circular
number 11/98
Target-setting in Schools
Summary
of contents
This Circular offers
advice on statutory target-setting in schools. Governing
Bodies are responsible for setting and publishing targets
by 31 December each year, for the achievement of pupils
at the end of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 in the
following school year. The legal basis for this is in
Section 9 of the Education Act 1997 and subsequent
regulations 1998/1532.
Additional copies of this circular are available
from:
Department for Education and Employment
Publications
PO Box 5050
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO20 6ZQ
Tel: 0845 - 60 222 60
Fax: 0845 - 60 333 60
Enquiries about this Circular should be sent
to:
Department for Education and Employment
Public Enquiry Unit
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
Westminster
LONDON SW1P 3BT
Tel: 0171-925 5555
Fax: 0171-925 6971
For Chairs of Governing Bodies and headteachers. Copies sent to LEAs and Pupil Referral Units.
Subject
area:
Setting school targets for pupil
performance
This Circular is guidance. It should not be treated as a complete and authoritative statement of the law.
Date of
issue:
July 1998
Expiry
date:
-
Related
documents:
Education Act 1996 part V
Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) Order 1995 No 2072 (as amended Order 1996 No 2115, Order 1997 No 21 76)
Circular 13/9 7- 7he Standards Fund 1998~99 Circular 2198 - Reducing the Bureaucratic Burden on Teachers
Superseded
documents:
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