Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) (No. 2) Order 1990
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1990/423 |
1990 No. 423
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) (No. 2) Order 1990
Made 1st March 1990
Laid before Parliament 6th March 1990
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 19881;
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 sections 4(2)(a) and (b) and (4) and 232(5) and (6) of the Education Reform Act 1988 hereby make the following Order in the terms of the said draft without modification:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) (No. 2) Order 1990 and shall come into force in accordance with articles 2 to 4.
(2) In this Order–
“the Document” means the document published in March 1990 by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “English in the National Curriculum (No. 2)”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; and
references to levels of attainment are references to the levels set out in the Document in relation to each attainment target.
(3) Article 8 of this Order applies to schools in Wales only.
2. The provisions of this Order relating 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 all other pupils in that key stage.
3. The provisions of this Order relating 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 all other pupils in that key stage.
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