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The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/56 · Made 12 January 1995

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 12th January 1995

Laid before Parliament 16th January 1995

Coming into force

except as provided in article 1(2) 1st August 1995

Having made, pursuant to section 242(1) of the Education Act 1993f1, such arrangements for consultation about their proposals as they considered appropriate, the Secretary of State for Education, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(2)(a) and (b) and (4) and 232(5) and (6) of the Education Reform Act 1988f2, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 35.

f2

1988 c. 40.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Revocation
  3. 3Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study
  4. 4Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) Order 1995 and, subject to paragraph (2) below, shall come into force on 1st August 1995.

(2)

The provisions of this Order in so far as they relate to the fourth key stage shall come into force—

(a)

on 1st August 1996 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage; and

(b)

on 1st August 1997 in respect of all other pupils in that key stage.

(3)

In this Order—

  • “the Documents” means the Document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Design and Technology in the National Curriculum”f1 and the Document so published entitled “Information Technology in the National Curriculum”f2; and

references to the fourth key stage shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3)(d) to (6) of the Education Reform Act 1988f3.

2Revocation

The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) Order 1990f1 is revoked.

3Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, it is hereby directed that the provisions relating to attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the Documents shall have effect for the purposes of specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to technology.

(2)

Paragraph (1) above does not apply in respect of pupils in the fourth key stage at schools in Wales.

4Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study

The examples printed in italics in the Document entitled “Design and Technology in the National Curriculum” (which serve to illustrate the programmes of study described therein) do not form part of the provision made by this Order.

Signature

Gillian Shephard

Secretary of State for Education

10th January 1995

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

12th January 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the attainment targets and programmes of study specified in the documents published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Design and Technology in the National Curriculum” and “Information Technology in the National Curriculum” (ISBN 0 11 270888 9 and ISBN 0 11 270887 0 respectively) to have effect for the purpose of specifying those elements of the National Curriculum for technology.

These provisions apply with effect from 1st August 1995 for pupils in key stages 1 to 3 at schools in England and Wales. In accordance with the amendment made to section 3 of the Education Reform Act 1988 by the Education (National Curriculum) (Foundation Subjects at Key Stage 4) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1814), these provisions apply to pupils in key stage 4 at schools in England only, from 1st August 1996 for pupils in the first year of that key stage and from 1st August 1997 for pupils in the second year of that key stage. No provision is made in respect of pupils in the fourth key stage at schools in Wales.

The Order supersedes the provisions of the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) Order 1990.