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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-1-assessment-arrangements-england-order-1999/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1236",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-1-assessment-arrangements-england-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the associated documents” means the documents published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, setting out any levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to the core subjects, which documents have effect by virile of the respective section 356(2)(a) and (b) orders for those subjects for the time being in force,\n“AT” means attainment target;\n“the core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;\n“maintained school” means—\n(a) in relation to the period before 1st September 1999,\n(i) any county, voluntary or grant-maintained school, or\n(ii) any maintained special or grant-maintained special school which is not established in a hospital; and\n(b) in relation to the period on and after that date,\n(i) any community, foundation or voluntary school, or\n(ii) any community or foundation special school which is not established in a hospital;\n“section 356(2)(a) and (b) orders” means orders made under section 356(2)(a) and (b) of the Education Act 1996 specifying attainment targets and programmes of study;\n“specified” means (except in article 7) specified in relation to the first key stage by a section 356(2)(a) and (b) order;\n“spring term” and “summer term” mean respectively the second and third terms in a school year (as defined in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996);\nand references to the first key stage are, subject to the operation of section 355(2) to (5) of the Education Act 1996, references to the period set out in paragraph (a) of section 355(1) of that Act; and\nreferences to levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study are references to the levels, targets and programmes set out in the associated documents.\n(2) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article in this Order so numbered and any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the article in which the reference appears.\n(3) Where any average number required to be determined by this Order is not a whole number, it shall be rounded to the nearest whole number, the fraction one half being rounded upwards to the next whole number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The relevant orders for the first stage are S.I. 1995/51 (English), 1995/52 (mathematics) and 1995/53 (science)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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) and, so far as concerns programmes of study and attainment targets for the first key stage, the orders cited in footnote (c) above."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The categories of maintained schools referred to in relation to the period on and after 1st September 1999 are the new categories of maintained schools which are to apply on and after that date by virtue of section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31); they are to replace the existing categories referred to in relation to the period before that date."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1236/article/3",
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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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