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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-reporting-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Pupil Reporting) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-reporting-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, made under Article 24 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, come into operation on 1 October 2009. The Regulations revoke and replace regulations 5 to 8 of the Education (Pupil Records and Reporting) (Transitional) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.\nThe Regulations re-enact certain existing duties on the principals of all grant-aided schools, and introduce new requirements in support of the revised curriculum and assessment arrangements, in relation to the reporting of pupils’ educational and other achievements to parents.\nRegulation 4 provides that the Regulations apply to all grant-aided schools but not to nursery schools or pupils under the lower limit of compulsory school age.\nUnder regulations 5 and 6, the principal of a school is required to make available to parents each year information relating to their child’s annual assessment in the cross-curricular skills of Communication and Using Mathematics; the child’s achievement in the areas of learning of the revised curriculum and in Using ICT and other skills; and information on the focus for their development and their interests and strengths. The Regulations specify the information that has to be provided in relation to pupils in foundation stage; key stages 1 and 2; key stage 3; key stage 4; and, sixth form.\nUnder regulation 7, the principal is required to make available to parents certain additional information in relation to assessment results when their child is in the final year of key stage 1, 2 or 3.\nUnder regulation 8, the principal is required to make available to NICCEA the assessment results in relation to these children.\nUnder regulation 9, the principal is required to make available to parents or – in the case of key stage 4 or sixth form pupils – to the pupil or his parent the summative record of achievement of a pupil in the final year of key stage 2, key stage 4 and sixth form.\nUnder regulation 10, the principal must make available the above information before 30th June in the school year to which the information relates, and must ensure that the results of any public examinations and assessments are also provided to parents, even if these are received after 30th June.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/231/note",
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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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