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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-2-assessment-arrangements-england-amendment-order-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/838",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-2-assessment-arrangements-england-amendment-order-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”) to include provisions about a National Curriculum test (“NC test”) in English writing, which will be administered to pupils in accordance with article 5 of the 2003 Order (which relates to NC tests as defined in article 3(1) of that Order).\nArticle 3 amends article 3 of the 2003 Order so as to add an interpretation provision. References to a school being designated or to the head teacher of a school having elected to administer an externally-marked writing test are references to the school being so designated, or the head teacher having so elected, to administer an externally-marked writing test in accordance with the provisions made by the Secretary of State under article 11 of the 2003 Order.\nArticle 4 amends article 4 of the 2003 Order so as to require the results of a NC test in English writing of a pupil to be taken into account in the teacher’s assessment of that pupil. It also removes the requirement for teacher assessments in all subjects to be recorded no later than two weeks before the end of the summer term or 4th July, if earlier.\nArticle 5 of this Order amends article 5 of the 2003 Order so that the provisions in article 5(3) (requirement to send pupil’s results to external marking agency for marking) and in article 5(4) (requirement for head teacher to provide a statement to that agency confirming that the NC tests were administered appropriately) apply to a pupil in respect of English writing only if the pupil’s school has been designated, or has elected, to administer an externally-marked writing test in accordance with provisions made by the Secretary of State under article 11 of 2003 Order. The schools to which these provisions do not apply will mark the tests internally.\nArticle 6 amends article 6 of the 2003 Order so that the functions conferred on monitoring authorities by article 6 apply in respect of the NC test in English writing only if the school being monitored has been designated to administer the externally-marked writing test.\nArticle 7 amends article 7 of the 2003 Order so that the duty on the Secretary of State to investigate matters relating to the accuracy or correctness of pupil’s results applies in respect of the NC test in English writing only if the pupil’s school has been designated to administer the externally-marked writing test.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses or civil society organisations. The instrument has a minimal impact on the public sector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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