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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-assessment-arrangements-for-english-mathematics-and-science-order-1990/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1543",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Mathematics and Science) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-assessment-arrangements-for-english-mathematics-and-science-order-1990",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Determination of attainment by subject",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 9 the provisions of this article regulate the aggregation of profile component levels of attainment to determine subject levels of attainment.\n(2) In each core subject, a pupil’s level of attainment shall be the average of the profile component levels of attainment in that subject, calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4).\n(3) (a) where the average number is not a whole number, it shall be rounded to the nearest whole number;\n(b) where the average number contains the fraction of one half, it shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.\n(4) (a) in the case of English and science, each profile component shall be weighted equally;\n(b) in the case of mathematics, the profile components shall be weighted by the following factors:\nNumber, algebra and measures 3\nShape and space and data handling 2.\n(5) The results of the application of the provisions of this article and of articles 6 and 7 in relation to a pupil shall be recorded in a statement consisting of his level of attainment in each core subject and each attainment target and profile component in each such subject.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1543/article/8",
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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."
}