The Education (Education Standards Grants) (Wales) Regulations 1999

2.—(a) Support and training for the implementation in schools in Wales of the arrangements for assessing pupils in relation to National Curriculum attainment targets under Chapter II of Part V of the 1996 Act(1), or in relation to a baseline assessment scheme;

(b) Training for teachers in the following activities, namely–

(i) administering National Curriculum tests, administering and marking National Curriculum tasks and carrying out teacher assessments in respect of key stages 2 and 3 in accordance with the requirements of articles 4 to 9 of the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 2) (Wales) Order 1997(2) and articles 4 to 12 of the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 1997(3), and

(ii) administering and marking standard task assessments and carrying out teacher assessments in respect of key stage 1 in accordance with the requirements of articles 4 to 9 of the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 1) (Wales) Order 1997)(4) and the provision of additional staff to assist schools for the period during which teachers are engaged in those activities.

(1)

Chapter II is amended by paragraphs 26–28 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 and is also amended, in part prospectively, by paragraphs 87–91 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

(2)

S.I. 1997/2009, amended by S.I. 1998/1977.

(3)

S.I. 1997/2010, amended by S.I. 1998/1976.

(4)

S.I. 1997/2011.