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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0337377170",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Introductory",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“baseline assessment scheme” means a scheme designed to enable pupils at a primary school to be assessed for the purpose of assisting the future planning of their education and the measurement of their future educational achievements;\n“school year” means a year ending on 31st July.\n(2) References in this Chapter to the baseline assessment scheme applicable to a school are references—\n(a) where an order under Article 9(1) includes the provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of that Article, the single baseline assessment scheme referred to in that sub-paragraph; and\n(b) where an order under Article 9(1) includes the provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of that Article, the baseline assessment scheme adopted for the school in accordance with the provisions of that order.\n(3) For the purposes of this Chapter the first year of compulsory education of a child is the school year in which he attains the lower limit of compulsory school age.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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