# The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 4(1) and (2) of the Education Reform Act 1988 places a duty on the Secretary of State to establish the National Curriculum by specifying by order such attainment targets, programmes of study and assessment arrangements as he considers appropriate for each of the foundation subjects.
This Order, which applies only to schools in Wales, revokes and replaces the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 3) (Wales) Order 1995. It specifies the assessment arrangements for pupils in the final year of the third key stage.
The 1995 Order provided for assessment in relation only to English, Welsh, mathematics and science (“the relevant subjects”), but the Order did not apply to pupils following the programme of study known as “Welsh Second Language”. The present Order provides for the first time for teacher assessment in all eleven foundation subjects (articles 4 to 9). The NC tests and NC tasks continue to apply only in relation to the relevant subjects, but in the case of Welsh, again not in relation to pupils following the programme of study known as “Welsh Second Language” (article 10).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2337/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-3-assessment-arrangements-wales-order-1996/note
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