Part IV Miscellaneous

32 Assessment of secondary school pupils.

After section 2 of the M1Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (Secretary of State may prescribe standards etc. for education authorities) there shall be inserted the following section—

2A Assessment of secondary school pupils.

1

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the testing and assessment of pupils undertaking the first or second year of secondary education in public or self-governing schools.

2

It shall be the duty of an education authority or a board of management to comply with the provisions of regulations made in pursuance of subsection (1) above.

3

Regulations made in pursuance of subsection (1) above may make different provision as to different cases or circumstances.