Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Mathematics and Science) Order 1990
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1990/1543 |
| Year | 1990 |
1990 No. 1543
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Mathematics and Science) Order 1990
Made 23th July 1990
Coming into force in accordance with article 3
The Secretary of State for Education and Science, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4(2)(c) and (5) and section 232(5) of the Education Reform Act 19881, hereby makes the following order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Mathematics and Science) Order 1990 and shall come into force in accordance with article 3.
(2) This Order applies to maintained schools in England only.
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the associated documents” means the documents published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “English in the National Curriculum”2, “Mathematics in the National Curriculum”3and “Science in the National Curriculum”4(which documents have effect by virtue of the section 4(2)(a) and (b) orders);
“the core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;
“maintained school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 25(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
“profile components” means the attainment target and the grouping of attainment targets in the core subjects specified in the Schedule hereto;
“SATs” means standard assessment tasks, being tasks published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office on behalf of the Secretary of State, which are required to be administered to pupils in accordance with this Order and the provisions of the document in which they are published for the purpose of assessing the levels of attainment the pupils have achieved in attainment targets in the core subjects;
“SEAC” means the School Examinations and Assessment Council;
“the section 4(2)(a) and (b) orders” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) Order 19895, the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Mathematics) Order 19896and the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Science) Order 19897;
“spring term” and “summer term” mean the second and third terms respectively in a school year;
references to the first key stage are references to the period set out in paragraph (a) of section 3(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988; and
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.
(2) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article in this Order so numbered and any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the article in which the reference appears.
3. The provisions of this Order apply in respect to pupils in the final year of the first key stage, and shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1990 in respect of such pupils who do not have a statement of special educational needs; and
(b) on 1st August 1991 in respect of such pupils who have such a statement.
Teacher assessment
4.—(1) Each pupil shall be assessed by a teacher during the spring term in accordance with the provisions of this article, and such an assessment shall be known as a “teacher assessment”.
(2) The purpose of the assessment shall be to determine the level of attainment achieved by the pupil in relation to each attainment target specified for each core subject in relation to the first key stage which applies to him.
(3) The teacher shall not later than 31st March during or (as the case may be) immediately after the end of the spring term mentioned in paragraph (1) assess the pupil and record the results of the assessment.
(4) The record of the results shall consist of a statement of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil in relation to every attainment target mentioned in paragraph (2).
(5) In making an assessment of a pupil pursuant to paragraph (1) a teacher may take into account the results of any previous assessments of the pupil (whether or not made by that teacher).
Standard task assessment
5.—(1) Subject to article 10 each pupil shall be assessed during the summer term in accordance with the provisions of this article, and such an assessment shall be known as a “SAT assessment”.
(2) SATs published on behalf of the Secretary of State by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office pursuant to article 11 shall be administered to the pupil during the first half of the summer term in accordance with the provisions of the document in which they are published.
(3) An assessment based on the pupil’s response (including written and oral work) to the SATs shall be made, and the result thereof recorded, not later than the end of the first half of that term.
(4) The record of the results shall consist of a statement of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil in relation to each relevant attainment target in a core subject.
(5) In paragraph (4) “relevant attainment target” means any attainment target in any core subject in which the SATs enable achievement to be assessed.
(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) any period of half-term holiday shall be treated as part of the term.
Determination of level of attainment by assessments
6.—(1) Subject to article 10 the provisions of this article regulate the application of the results of teacher and SAT assessments in order to determine a pupil’s level of attainment in each attainment target for the purposes of article 7.
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(a) (2) Where the results of the teacher assessment and the SAT assessment are the same, the level of attainment determined by those...
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