Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) Order 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/907 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 907
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and
Programmes of Study in English) Order 1989
31stMay1989
31stMay1989
in respect of pupils in the first year of the first key stage who have attained or will attain the age of five years on or before the first day of the school term beginning on or next after that date and who do not have a statement of special educational needs
1stAugust1989
in respect of all other pupils in that key stage
1stAugust1990
Whereas the National Curriculum Council, after due consultation, submitted to the Secretary of State and published its report on a proposal to make this Order which he had referred to it, in accordance with section 20(2) to (4) of the Education Reform Act 1988 ( a);
And whereas the Secretary of State had given notice of the said proposal to the Curriculum Council for Wales and to all other persons with whom consultation appeared to him desirable, in accordance with section 21(2) of the said Act;
And whereas the Secretary of State, in accordance with subsection (5) of the said section 20, and subsection (3) of the said section 21, duly published a draft of this Order and the other documents mentioned in those subsections (including a statement of his reasons for his failure to give effect to certain recommendations of the said National Curriculum Council) and sent copies of them to the said Councils and to each of the persons consulted by them, and allowed a period of not less than one month for the submission of evidence and representations;
And whereas that period has now expired;
Now therefore the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 4(2)(a) and (b) and (4) of the Education Reform Act 1988 hereby make the following Order in the terms of the said draft with modifications ( b) :
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) Order 1989 and shall come into force in accordance with article 2.
(2) In this Order-
"the Document" means the document published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office entitled "English in the National Curriculum" ( b) ;
references to the first key stage are references to the period set out in paragraph (a) of section 3(3) of...
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