Article 5B Moderation of teacher assessment in writingF1

England and Wales

(1)

This article makes provision for the moderation of teacher assessment under article 4 by a local authority.

(2)

In any school year, the local authority must exercise the functions conferred by this article—

(a)

in relation to the AT of writing in the core subject of English;

(b)

in relation to pupils in the final year of the second key stage;

(c)

in relation to at least 25% of all schools maintained by the local authority; and

(d)

in relation to those schools not falling within paragraph (2)(c) in relation to which in the opinion of the local authority a further moderation should be made.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2) the local authority must exercise its functions so as to secure that in any period of four years moderations have been completed in relation to all schools maintained by the authority.

(4)

To enable a local authority to moderate teacher assessments, the head teacher must—

(a)

provide the local authority with the following information—

(i)

in relation to each pupil in the final year of the second key stage; the F2standard of attainment achieved by the pupil in the AT of writing as determined by teacher assessment; and

(ii)

in relation to the pupils whose assessments the local authority has selected for moderation, and such number of additional pupils as the local authority requests (if any),—

(aa)

examples of the written work produced by those pupils in the course of the school year; and

(bb)

such further material as the local authority may reasonably request or which the school considers may be relevant; and

(b)

make arrangements for the local authority to discuss the results of the teacher assessments with the teachers who gave the assessments.

(5)

After moderating the teacher assessments, the local authority must notify the head teacher of the result of the moderation.

(6)

If the result of the moderation is that the local authority considers that the teacher assessments are accurate, the standard of attainment determined by teacher assessment in respect of each pupil (whether or not moderated) shall be the standard of attainment achieved by that pupil.

(7)

Subject to paragraph (8), if the result of the moderation is that the local authority considers that any of the teacher assessments is inaccurate, the head teacher must make arrangements for the teachers concerned to alter the results which the local authority considers are inaccurate.

(8)

If the head teacher does not agree with any of the results of the moderation the local authority must review the results of the teacher assessments disputed by the head teacher and notify the head teacher of the result of the review.

(9)

If the head teacher does not agree with the result of the review under paragraph (8), the head teacher may refer the results of the teacher assessments disputed by the head teacher to the Secretary of State.

(10)

For the purpose of exercising their functions under this article the local authority may appoint such competent persons as they think fit.

(11)

A person is not competent for the purposes of paragraph (10) unless he has recent experience of the provisions of the National Curriculum for England in primary schools.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 5B inserted (20.6.2013) by The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stages 1 and 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1513), arts. 1, 2(6)
F2: Word in art. 5B substituted (1.9.2015) by The Education (National Curriculum) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/900), arts. 1, 17