Article 3 Amendment

The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999^f1 shall be amended as follows.

For paragraphs (3) and (4) of article 8 (determination of attainment by subject) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(3)

In the case of mathematics, a pupil’s level of attainment in the subject shall be a/b where, a is the aggregate of his levels in each of the four ATs weighted by the following factors: 2:5:2:1 and b is the number of those ATs weighted by the same factors (2:5:2:1).

(4)

In the case of science, a pupil’s level of attainment in the subject shall be a/b where, a is the aggregate of his levels in each AT, with his level in AT1 (scientific enquiry) weighted by a factor of two, and b is the number of those ATs, with AT1 weighted by a factor of two.”.

In article 9(2) (pupils not subject to national curriculum) there shall be added at the end the words “and the AT which does not apply, and any weighting in respect thereof, were ignored”.