The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2004
| Year | 2004 |
2004 No. 2783
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2004
Made 27th October 2004
Coming into force 8th November 2004
In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 87(3)(c), (7), (9), (10) and (11), and 210(7) of the Education Act 20021, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 8th November 2004.
(2) The provisions of this Order apply for the purpose of ascertaining the achievements in the core subjects of pupils who have completed the programme of study for the first key stage.
(3) This Order applies to maintained schools (other than those established in hospitals) in England.
Revocation
2. The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 20032is hereby revoked.
Interpretation
3.—(1) In this Order—
“the associated documents” means the documents published by the Department for Education and Skills and the Authority, setting out any levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to the core subjects, which documents have effect by virtue of the respective section 87(3)(a) and (b) orders for those subjects for the time being in force;
“the Authority” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority established under section 21 of the Education Act 19973;
“the core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;
“the core subject topics” means speaking and listening, reading, writing, mathematics and science;
“the Document” means the document entitled “Key Stage 1 Assessment and Reporting Arrangements” published by the Authority pursuant to section 87(5) of the Education Act 2002;
“section 87(3)(a) and (b) orders” means orders made or which have effect as if they were made under section 87(3)(a) or (b) of the Education Act 2002 specifying attainment targets and programmes of study;
“moderation” means the review of teacher assessment processes and results to ensure consistency and “moderating” shall be construed accordingly;
“standard task” and “standard task assessment” have the meanings given in article 5.
“summer term” means the final term of the school year.
(2) In this Order references to the first key stage are, subject to the operation of section 82(2) to (5) of the Education Act 2002, references to the period set out in paragraph (a) of section 82(1) of that Act.
(3) In this Order references to levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study are references to the levels, targets and programmes set out in the associated documents.
Assessment
4.—(1) It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to be assessed by a teacher in each core subject during the summer term in accordance with the provisions of this article and for a record of the results to be made by that teacher.
(2) The purpose of the assessment shall be to determine the level of attainment achieved by the pupil in each of the core subject topics which applies to the pupil except where article 7(3) applies.
(3) The pupil shall be assessed and a record of the results made by the teacher not later than two weeks before the end of the summer term or 4th July falling in that term, if earlier.
(4) A record of the results shall consist of a statement of each level of attainment which the teacher assesses has been achieved by the pupil (whether or not that level is specified in relation to the first key stage by the relevant section 87(3)(a) and (b) order) in relation to each of the core subject topics mentioned in paragraph (2).
(5) In making an assessment of a pupil pursuant to this article, a teacher shall take into account the pupil’s performance in the subject throughout the school year, the results of any standard task assessment and any previous assessment of the pupil, whether by means of standard tasks or otherwise, whether or not the previous assessments were made by that teacher.
(6) If, in any subject, there is a divergence between the teacher assessment and the results of the standard task assessment, the teacher assessment will stand provided that the teacher can provide objective evidence to justify the teacher assessment.
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