The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 1996

Teacher assessment—English, Welsh, mathematics, modern foreign language, and science

5.—(1) In the cases of English, Welsh, mathematics, a modern foreign language and science, the purpose of the assessment shall be to determine the level of attainment achieved by the pupil in each AT specified for the subject which applies to him and, subject to article 6(3), in the subject as calculated in accordance with paragraph (3).

(2) The record of the results shall consist of a statement of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil (whether or not that level is specified in relation to the third key stage by the relevant section 4(2)(a) and (b) order) in relation to every AT mentioned in paragraph (1) and, subject to article 6(3), of his level in the subject so calculated.

(3) Subject to article 6, a pupil’s level of attainment in each subject shall be the average of his levels in each AT, save that in the case of mathematics his level in AT2 (number and algebra) shall be weighted by a factor of 2, and in the case of Welsh the following ATs shall be weighted by the factors indicated as follows—

(a) in the case of a pupil following the programme of study known as “Welsh”—

• AT1 (oral) 4,

• AT2 (reading) 3, and

• AT3 (writing) 3,

and

(b) in the case of a pupil following the programme of study known as “Welsh Second Language”—

• AT1 (oral) 3,

• AT2 (reading) 1, and

• AT3 (writing) 1.