Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Welsh) Order 1990
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1990 No. 1082
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Welsh) Order 1990
Made 16th May 1990
Laid before Parliament 24th May 1990
Coming into force in accordance with articles 2 to 10
Whereas the Secretary of State has given notice of the proposal to make this Order 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 Education Reform Act 19881;
And whereas the Secretary of State, in accordance with subsection (3) of the said section 21, duly published a draft of this Order and the other documents mentioned in that subsection and sent copies of them to the said Council and to each of the persons consulted by him, 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 in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 4(2)(a) and (b) and (4) and 232(5) and (6) of the Education Reform Act 1988 the Secretary of State for Wales hereby makes the following Order in the terms of the said draft:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Welsh) Order 1990 and shall come into force in accordance with articles 2 to 10.
(2) In this Order—
“the Document” means the document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “Welsh in the National Curriculum” and “Cymraeg yn y Cwricwlwm Cenedlaethol”2;
references to the first, second, third and fourth key stages are references to the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) respectively of section 3(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
references to levels of attainment are references to the levels set out in the Document in relation to each attainment target;
references to ranges of levels of attainment are references to the range of levels of attainment specified for pupils of different abilities and maturities in respect of the key stage in question; and
“school where Welsh is taught” means a school or part of a school where, in relation to the first year of the relevant key stage referred to in the articles below, Welsh has been taught (whether as a first or second language) in the curriculum in either the school year 1987/1988 or the school year 1988/1989.
(3) This Order applies only to schools in Wales.
2. In relation to a school where Welsh is taught this Order so far as it relates to the First Key Stage shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1990 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage; and
(b) on 1st August 1991 in respect of pupils in the second year of that key stage.
3. Subject to the provisions of article 4 of this Order, in relation to a school where Welsh is taught this Order so far as it relates to the Second Key Stage shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1990 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage;
(b) on 1st August 1991 in respect of pupils in the second year of that key stage;
(c) on 1st August 1992 in respect of pupils in the third year of that key stage; and
(d) on 1st August 1993 in respect of pupils in the fourth year of that key stage.
4. The provisions of article 3 of this Order shall not apply in relation to a school where Welsh is taught in the first year of the second key stage if in the school year 1990/91 more than half of the total number of pupils in the first year of that key stage in the school have not been taught Welsh in the curriculum in both the school year 1988/1989 and the school year 1989/1990. In relation to such a school this Order so far as it relates to the Second Key Stage shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1994 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage;
(b) on 1st August 1995 in respect of pupils in the second year of that key stage;
(c) on 1st August 1996 in respect of pupils in the third year of that key stage; and
(d) on 1st August 1997 in respect of pupils in the fourth year of that key stage.
5. In relation to a school where Welsh is taught this Order so far as it relates to the Third Key Stage shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1990 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage;
(b) on 1st August 1991 in respect of pupils in the second year of that key stage; and
(c) on 1st August 1992 in respect of pupils in the third year of that key stage.
6. In relation to a school where Welsh is taught this Order so far as it relates to the Fourth Key Stage shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1993 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage; and
(b) on 1st August 1994 in respect of pupils in the second year of that key stage.
7. In relation to a school which is not a school where Welsh is taught this Order so far as it relates to the First Key Stage shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1992 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage; and
(b) on 1st August 1993 in respect of pupils in the second year of that key stage.
8. In relation to a school which is not a school where Welsh is taught this Order so far as it relates to the Second Key Stage shall come into force—
(a) on 1st August 1994 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage;
(b) on 1st August 1995 in respect of pupils in the second year of...
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