Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Mathematics) Order 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/2896 |
| Year | 1991 |
1991 No. 2896
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Mathematics) Order 1991
Made – 19th December 1991
Laid before Parliament 20th December 1991
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 subsections (2) to (4) of section 20 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 subsection (2) of section 21 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) of the Education Reform Act 1988 hereby make the following Order in the terms of the said draft with modifications:2:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Mathematics) Order 1991.
(2) This article and article 2 shall come into force on 1st August 1992 and all other provisions of this Order in accordance with articles 3 to 6.
(3) In this Order–
“the Document” means the document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “Mathematics in the National Curriculum (1991)”3;
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 relation to the key stage in question.
2. The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Mathematics) Order 19894is revoked.
3. The provisions of this Order relating to the first key stage shall come into force on 1st August 1992 in respect of all pupils in that key stage.
4. The provisions of this Order relating to the second key stage shall come into force–
(a) on 1st August 1992 in respect of pupils in the first three years of that key stage; and
(b) on 1st August 1993 in respect of all other pupils.
5. The provisions of this Order relating to the third key stage shall come into force on 1st August 1992 in respect of all pupils in that key stage.
6. The provisions of this Order relating to the fourth 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 all other pupils.
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