Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/2188 |
| Year | 1999 |
1999 No. 2188
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999
Made 9th August 1999
Coming into force 13th August 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 356(2)(c), (5), (6) and (8) and 568(5) and (6) of the Education Act 19961, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th August 1999.
(2) The provisions of this Order apply for the purposes of ascertaining the achievements in the core subjects of pupils who are in the final year of the second key stage.
(3) This Order applies only to maintained schools (other than those established in hospitals) in England.
Revocation
2. The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) Order 19952, the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) (Amendment) Order 19963and the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3) (England) (Amendment) Order 19974for all remaining purposes, shall be revoked.
Interpretation
3.—(1) In this Order—
“the associated documents” means the documents published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, setting out any levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to the core subjects, which documents have effect by virtue of the respective section 356(2)(a) and (b) orders for those subjects for the time being in force5;
“AT” means attainment target;
“the Authority” means the Qualification and Curriculum Authority established under section 21 of the Education Act 19976;
“the core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;
“external marking agency” means a body nominated by the Authority and approved by the Secretary of State to mark NC tests;
“maintained school” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 350(1) of the Education Act 1996;
“NC tests” means National Curriculum tests administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in any core subject and “NC assessment timetable” means a timetable for the administration of NC tests, being respectively tests and a timetable laid down in provisions made by the Secretary of State under article 11 which have been published by the Authority7;
“record of the results”, for the purposes of articles 5 and 7, means a record of the results of a pupil in respect of the NC tests administered to him under article 5, consisting of a statement of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil;
“section 356(2)(a) and (b) orders” means orders made under section 356(2)(a) and (b) of the Education Act 1996 specifying attainment targets and programmes of study;
“specified” means specified in relation to the second key stage by a section 356(2)(a) and (b) order;
“summer term” means the third term in a school year (as defined in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996); and
references to the second key stage are, subject to the operation of section 355(2) to (5) of the Education Act 1996, references to the period set out in paragraph (b) of section 355(1) of that Act; and
references to levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study are references to the levels, targets and programmes set out in the associated documents.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article in this Order so numbered and any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the article in which the reference appears.
(3) Where any average number required to be determined by this Order is not a whole number, it shall be rounded to the nearest whole number, the fraction one half being rounded upwards to the next whole number.
Teacher assessment
4.—(1) It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to be assessed by a teacher in each core subject during the summer term in accordance with the provisions of this article and for a record of the results to be made by that teacher.
(2) The purpose of the assessment shall be to determine the level of attainment achieved by the pupil in each AT specified for each core subject which applies to him and, except where article 9(3) applies, in the subject as calculated in accordance with article 8.
(3) The pupil shall be assessed and a record of the results made by the teacher not later than two weeks before the end of the summer term or 4th July falling in that term, if earlier.
(4) The record of the results shall consist of a statement of each level attainment achieved by the pupil (whether or not that level is specified in relation to the second key stage by the relevant section 356(2)(a) and (b) order) in relation to every AT mentioned in paragraph (2) and, except where article 9(3) applies, of his level in the subject so calculated.
(5) In making an assessment of a pupil pursuant to this article a teacher may take into account the results of any previous assessment of the pupil (whether or not made by that teacher).
NC test assessment
5.—(1) It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to whom this article applies in respect of any core subject to be assessed in that subject in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3).
(2) This article applies to a pupil in respect of a core subject if, in the...
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