Article 2 Amendment

(1)

The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) Order 1993^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 1(2), after “achievements” there are inserted the words “in the core subjects” and the words from “in relation to” to the end of the paragraph are omitted.

(3)

In article 1(3) after “schools” there are inserted the words “and grant-maintained special schools (other than those established in hospitals)^f2”.

(4)

In article 4(1) for the word “four” there is substituted the word “two”.

(5)

In article 4(2) and (3), after “and”, there are inserted in each case the words “subject to article 8(3)”.

(6)

In article 5(2) after “tasks” there are inserted the words “for which provision is”.

(7)

In article 5(4) for “and” there is substituted “or” and, at the end, there are added the words “or, if that document so requires, both such statements”.

(8)

In article 6 there are omitted—

(a)

in paragraph (1), the words “teacher and”;

(b)

in paragraph (3), the words “teacher assessments and”;

(c)

in paragraph (4), the words “the records and other evidence of a pupil’s achievements relied on by a teacher in making a teacher assessment”;

(d)

in paragraph (5), after the words “determined by”, the words “teacher and”;

(e)

in paragraphs (7) and (8)(b), the words “teacher or”; and

(f)

in paragraph (9), the words from “and each such authority” to the end of the paragraph.

(9)

After article 6 there is inserted the following article—

“Further Assessment: English and mathematics

6A

(1)

Where in the opinion of his head teacher a pupil’s level of attainment in English or mathematics would, if the pupil were assessed by the administration to him of the NC tests for that subject laid down for the purposes of the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) Order 1994^f3, be level 4 or higher, it shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for the pupil to be assessed in that subject by the administration to him of those tests at such time as is specified by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 9; and article 4(3) of that Order shall apply in relation to that pupil accordingly.

(2)

In this article “NC tests” has the meaning assigned to that expression by article 2(1) of that Order.”.

(10)

After article 8 there is inserted the following article—

“Evaluation of Assessment Arrangements

8A

The assessment authority shall make such arrangements as seem to them appropriate for determining the extent to which the provisions of articles 4 to 8 and their implementation achieve the purpose mentioned in article 1(2).”.

(11)

In article 9 after “Order” there are inserted the words “(other than provisions conferring or imposing functions as mentioned in section 4(5)(a) of the Education Reform Act 1988)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1993/1983.
f2: The provisions of the National Curriculum apply to grant-maintained special schools which are not established in hospitals by virtue of regulation 42(1) of, and Parts I and II of the Schedule to, the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/653, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
f3: S.I. 1994/