1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Reading and Numeracy) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2018.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1 September 2018.
(3) This Order applies to maintained schools (other than those established in hospitals) in Wales.
2. The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Reading and Numeracy) (Wales) Order 2013(1) is amended as follows—
(a)in article 2(1) omit the definition of “the NFER”;
(b)in article 3 after paragraph (4) insert—
“(5) Paragraph (3) does not apply to pupils sitting the on-line version of the NRTE.”;
(c)in article 4 after paragraph (4) insert—
“(5) Paragraph (3) does not apply to pupils sitting the on-line version of the NRTW.”;
(d)in article 5 after paragraph (4) insert—
“(5) Paragraph (3) does not apply to pupils sitting the on-line version of the NNT.”; and
(e)in articles 5(3)(b) and 6 omit “or to the NFER”.
Kirsty Williams
Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
3 July 2018