The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) (Amendment) Order 1997

Amendment of Order

3.  —In Article (6) the following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraph (2)—

“(2) The verifying authority shall exercise the functions conferred by this article in relation to each of English and mathematics and—

(a) subject to paragraph (2A), in any school year in relation to at least 25% of all relevant schools;

(b) in each school year, in relation to those schools in relation to which verification took place in the last preceding school year and in the opinion of the verifying authority, having regard to the results of that verification, a further verification should be made.

(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a),

(a) verifications carried out pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) shall not count towards the 25% minimum;

(b) the verifying authority shall so exercise its functions as to secure that in any period of four years they have been exercised in relation to all relevant schools.

(2B) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (2A), the `relevant schools' are, in the case of a verifying authority which is a local education authority, all the schools maintained by that authority and, in the case of the Authority, all grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools.”.