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Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

S.R. 1998/457 · Made 30 December 1998

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EDUCATION

Made 30th December 1998

Coming into operation 28th January 1999

The Department of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 7(1)(b), 2(a)(ii) and (6) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20); Article 7(2) was amended by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1) Article 35(2) and Schedule 2 was substituted by Article 35(1) of, and Schedule 3 to, S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1) and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 328 and S.R. 1998 No. 117

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
  3. 3Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
  4. 4Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
  5. 5Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
  6. 6Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 28th January 1999.

2Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

The Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997f1 shall be amended as provided in articles 3 to 6.

3Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

In Article 4 (Interpretation) for the definition of “relevant subject” there shall be substituted the following definition—

  • ““relevant subject” means—

    1. (a)

      subject to paragraph (b) English, Mathematics or Science;

    2. (b)

      in relation to a pupil who is in an Irish speaking school, Irish, English, Mathematics or Science;”.

4Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

In Article 5—

(a)

in paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “Subject to paragraph (3),”;

(c)

after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3)

Where a pupil is in an Irish speaking school he shall be assessed in Irish, English, Mathematics and Science at or near the end of the third key stage for the purpose of ascertaining what he has achieved in relation to the attainment targets for that key stage.”.

5Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

In Article 8(2) after the words “English and Mathematics” there shall be added “(and, in the case of a pupil who is in an Irish speaking school, in Irish)”.

6Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

For the Schedule there shall be inserted the following Schedule—

“SCHEDULE

Article 4

Part 1

  • English

    • Key Stages 3 and 4

    • Programme of Study and Attainment Targetsf1

  • Irish (in Irish Speaking Schools)

    • Key Stages 3 and 4

    • Programme of Study and Attainment Targetsf2

  • Mathematics

    • Key Stages 3 and 4

    • Programme of Study and Attainment Targetsf3

  • Science

    • Key Stages 3 and 4

    • Programmes of Study and Attainment Targetsf4

Part 2

  • The Curriculum (Programme of Study and Attainment Targets in English at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996f5

  • The Curriculum (Programme of Study and Attainment Targets in Irish in Irish Speaking Schools at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998f6

  • The Curriculum (Programme of Study and Attainment Targets in Mathematics at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996f7

  • The Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in Science at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996f8”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on

L.S.

D. Woods

Assistant Secretary

30th December 1998.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997.

It provides for the assessment of pupils in Key Stage 3 in Irish speaking schools in Irish as well as in English, Mathematics and Science.