The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Welsh) Order 1990

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Welsh) Order 1990 and shall come into force in accordance with articles 2 to 10.

(2) In this Order—

“the Document” means the document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “Welsh in the National Curriculum” and “Cymraeg yn y Cwricwlwm Cenedlaethol”(1);

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;

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 respect of the key stage in question; and

“school where Welsh is taught” means a school or part of a school where, in relation to the first year of the relevant key stage referred to in the articles below, Welsh has been taught (whether as a first or second language) in the curriculum in either the school year 1987/1988 or the school year 1988/1989.

(3) This Order applies only to schools in Wales.

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