{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assessment-arrangements-for-key-stage-3-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-9",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/364",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assessment-arrangements-for-key-stage-3-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "External tests",
  "text": "(1) Subject to Article 10(4) and (5) it shall be the duty of the principal of the school to make arrangements for each pupil to take tests set by the Council in each relevant subject at a date and time and in accordance with arrangements specified in the Assessment Document.\n(2) The Council shall make arrangements for the tests to be marked and shall, by a date specified in the Assessment Document, send notification to the school comprising the following information—\n(a) each pupil’s subject level;\n(b) the percentage of pupils at the school in the third year of the third key stage achieving each level of attainment; and\n(c) the percentage of all pupils in Northern Ireland at the third key stage achieving each level of attainment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/364/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:34:13.161079+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}