Regulation 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

There shall be inserted at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in paragraph (1) the following definitions—

• ““core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;”;

• ““level” means a level on the levels of attainment set out in any document of a kind referred to in section 4(4) of the 1988 Act the provisions of which have effect, or (as the case may be) have effect as amended, by virtue of any order made under section 4(2)(a) and (b) of that Act^f1and, unless the context otherwise requires, means such level determined in accordance with the statutory arrangements;”;

• ““NC tests”, in relation to pupils in the final year of the first key stage, means National Curriculum standard tasks administered to pupils pursuant to article 5 of the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) Order 1995^f2and, in relation to pupils in the final year of the second or third key stage, “NC tests”and “NC tasks” mean respectively National Curriculum tests and National Curriculum tasks administered to pupils to assess the level of attainment which they have achieved in any of the core subjects being tests and tasks laid down in provisions made by the Secretary of State under orders made under section 4(2)(c) of the 1988 Act^f3which have been published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office;”;

• ““the statutory arrangements” means assessment arrangements specified by orders made under section 4(2)(c) of the 1988 Act;”;

• ““teacher assessment” means assessment of a pupil’s level of attainment in any of the core subjects by a teacher as specified in the statutory arrangements;”.

In paragraph (5) there shall be inserted after “first key stage” the words “second key stage”and there shall be substituted for “and” where it appears for the second time the word “to”.