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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-assessment-arrangements-england-amendment-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1286",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-assessment-arrangements-england-amendment-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 (“the KS1 Order”), the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 (“the KS2 Order”) and the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 (“the KS3 Order”).\nArticles 8(3) and (4) and 9(2) of the KS1 Order and articles Articles 8(3) and (4) and 9(2) of the KS2 Order have been modified to clarify the procedure for arriving at a level of attainment in a particular subject.\nArticle 8(3) in both the KS1 and KS2 Order is also amended to change the weighting for the attainment targets used to produce a subject level of attainment in mathematics.\nArticle 8(4) in both the KS1 and KS2 Order is amended to change the name of the attainment target “experimental and investigative science” to its new name of “scientific enquiry” reflecting changes in the National Curriculum.\nArticle 5(3) of the KS3 Order has been amended to change the weightings in English, mathematics, modern foreign language and science for assessment purposes at Key Stage 3 to take account of revisions to the National Curriculum.\nNew articles 7 and 9 are substituted in the KS3 Order to reflect changes in the attainment targets relating to technology, art and design, music and physical education.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1286/note",
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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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