Article 5 Standard task assessment: English and mathematics

It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to be assessed in English and mathematics in accordance with the provisions of this article, and such an assessment shall be known as a “standard task assessment”.

Standard tasks for which provision is made by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 11 shall be administered to the pupil during the period comprising the spring term and the summer term (except the last four weeks thereof) in accordance with the provisions of the document in which they are published^f1.

An assessment based on the pupil’s performance in each standard task shall be made, and the result thereof recorded, not later than four weeks before the end of the summer term.

Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), the record of the results shall consist of a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in each relevant AT or, if the document in which the standard tasks are published so requires, a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in the subject determined in accordance with the provisions of that document or, if that document so requires, both such statements.

In the case of English, if the document in which the standard tasks are published so requires, the record of the pupil’s level of attainment in AT3 (writing) shall include a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in spelling.

Where in the case of English at least one relevant AT does not apply in relation to a pupil, no record of the pupil’s level of attainment in that AT shall be determined.

In paragraphs (4) and (6) “relevant AT” means any AT in which the standard tasks enable achievements to be assessed.