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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-4-assessment-arrangements-england-order-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/476",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 4 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-4-assessment-arrangements-england-order-2016",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“National reference test” means an assessment administered by a test supplier to assess the performance of pupils in English language or mathematics;\n“school” means a maintained school;\n“test supplier” means a body with which the Secretary of State has made arrangements in connection with the development and implementation of national reference tests.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the definition of maintained school see section 76 of the Education Act 2002."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/476/article/2",
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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."
}