2024 No. 607 (W. 86)
The Education (Arrangements for Assessing Reading and Numeracy in the Curriculum for Wales) Regulations 2024
Made
Laid before Senedd Cymru
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 56(1), (3) and (6), 74(1)(a) and 75(1) of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 20211, make the following Regulations.
Title and coming into force1
1
The title of these Regulations is the Education (Arrangements for Assessing Reading and Numeracy in the Curriculum for Wales) Regulations 2024.
2
These Regulations come into force on 1 September 2024.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;
“the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;
“head teacher” (“pennaeth”) means a head teacher, including an acting head teacher, of a maintained school;
“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) has the meaning given in section 79(1)(a) of the 2021 Act;
“the NNPA” (“yr APCRh”) means the National Numeracy Personalised Assessment, being an online assessment administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing their numeracy skills;
“the NRPAE” (“yr APCDCS”) means the English-medium National Reading Personalised Assessment, being an online assessment administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing their reading skills in English;
“the NRPAW” (“yr APCDCC”) means the Welsh-medium National Reading Personalised Assessment, being an online assessment administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing their reading skills in Welsh;
“the NPA” (“yr APC”) means the National Personalised Assessments which comprise the NNPA, the NRPAE and the NRPAW;
“the NPA administration handbook” (“llawlyfr gweinyddu’r APC”) means the document entitled the “National Reading and Numeracy Personalised Assessments: administration handbook” published by the Welsh Ministers from time to time and which details the administrative arrangements of the NPA;
“the NPA disapplication guidance” (“canllawiau datgymhwyso’r APC”) means the section of the NPA administration handbook entitled “Disapplication” and which sets out which pupils need not be administered the NPA;
“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given in section 3 of the 1996 Act2;
“school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) means the period beginning with the first school term to begin after July and ending with the beginning of the first such term to begin after the following July;
“year 2” (“blwyddyn 2”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 7;
“year 3” (“blwyddyn 3”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 8;
“year 4” (“blwyddyn 4”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 9;
“year 5” (“blwyddyn 5”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 10;
“year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 11;
“year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 12;
“year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 13;
“year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means a school year group in which the majority of pupils will in the school year attain the age of 14;
“year group” (“grwp blwyddyn”) means a group of children at a school the majority of whom will, in a particular school year, attain the same age.
National Reading Personalised Assessment: English3
1
This regulation applies to—
a
a pupil in year 4 to year 9, and
b
a pupil in year 2 and year 3 where, in the opinion of the head teacher, the majority of that pupil’s lessons are taught through the medium of English.
2
The head teacher must make arrangements for the NRPAE to be administered to each pupil—
a
at least once in every school year, and
b
in accordance with the NPA administration handbook.
3
But this regulation does not apply to a pupil who, in the opinion of the head teacher, falls within one of the categories listed in the NPA disapplication guidance.
National Reading Personalised Assessment: Welsh4
1
This regulation applies to a pupil in year 2 to year 9 where, in the opinion of the head teacher, the majority of that pupil’s lessons are taught through the medium of Welsh.
2
The head teacher must make arrangements for the NRPAW to be administered to each pupil—
a
at least once in every school year, and
b
in accordance with the NPA administration handbook.
3
But this regulation does not apply to a pupil who, in the opinion of the head teacher, falls within one of the categories listed in the NPA disapplication guidance.
National Numeracy Personalised Assessment5
1
This regulation applies to a pupil in year 2 to year 9.
2
The head teacher must make arrangements for the NNPA to be administered to each pupil—
a
at least once in every school year, and
b
in accordance with the NPA administration handbook.
3
But this regulation does not apply to a pupil who, in the opinion of the head teacher, falls within one of the categories listed in the NPA disapplication guidance.
Amendment to the Provision of Information by Head Teachers to Parents and Adult Pupils (Wales) Regulations 20226
In paragraph 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Provision of Information by Head Teachers to Parents and Adult Pupils (Wales) Regulations 20223, for “Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Reading and Numeracy) (Wales) Order 2013” substitute “Education (Arrangements for Assessing Reading and Numeracy in the Curriculum for Wales) Regulations 20244”
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(This note is not part of the Regulations)