Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Science) Order 1989

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved

1989No. 309

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and

Programmes of Study in Science) Order 1989

3rdMarch1989

14thMarch1989

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 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 Science) Order 1989 and shall come into force in accordance with articles 2 to 5.

(2) In this Order-

"the Document" means the document published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office entitled "Science in the National Curriculum" ( c);

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; and

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;

2. The provisions of this Order relating to the first key stage shall come into force-

(a) 1988 c.40.

(b) The modifications are to the commencement provisions and to the attainment targets specified in Schedule 1 for the second key stage and to the levels of attainment specified for the second and third key stages. The title of the associated Document has also been changed.

(c) ISBN 0 11 270667 3.

(a) on 1st August 1989 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage who have attained the age of five years by that date and...

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