Method of assessment
4.—(1) Each pupil shall be assessed by a teacher during the summer term in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(2) The purpose of the assessment shall be to determine the level of attainment achieved by the pupil in relation to each attainment target specified for the subject in relation to the first key stage which applies to him.
(3) The teacher shall not later than one month before the end of the summer term mentioned in paragraph (1) assess the pupil and record the results of the assessment.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5) the record of the results shall consist of a statement of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil in relation to every attainment target mentioned in paragraph (2).
(5) Where it appears to the teacher that the pupil’s level of attainment in any attainment target is higher than level 3 but the teacher is unable to state that level in reliance on his assessment of the pupil under this article, the pupil shall be recorded as having achieved level 3.
(6) In making an assessment of a pupil pursuant to this article the teacher shall take into account any guidance on assessment issued by the local education authority (in the case of a school maintained by such an authority) or by or on behalf of the governing body (in the case of a grant-maintained school), and may take into account the results of any previous assessments of the pupil including assessments by means of SATs, whether or not the previous assessments were made by that teacher.