# Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, Article 8: Calculation of pupils' levels of attainment

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) each pupil’s level of attainment in each relevant subject shall be calculated in accordance with the arrangements specified in the Assessment Document and the Council shall send notification to the school comprising the following information—
(a) each pupil’s subject level;
(b) the percentage of pupils at the school in the third year of the third key stage achieving each level of attainment; and
(c) the percentage of all pupils in Northern Ireland in the third year of the third key stage achieving each level of attainment.
(2) Subject to Article 10, a pupil’s subject level in English and Mathematics shall be the average of his level of attainment achieved in relation to all the attainment targets for that subject determined under Article 6(2) and a pupil’s subject level in Science shall be determined by weighting the levels in each attainment target in the following ratio—
Experimental and investigative science
Living organisms and life processes
Materials and their uses
Physical processes
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(3) Where the average calculated under paragraph (2) is not a whole number it shall be rounded to the nearest whole number, the fraction of one half being rounded upwards to the next whole number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/422/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-assessment-arrangements-for-key-stage-3-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-8
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