This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 1) (Wales) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st August 1997.

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the provisions of this Order apply for the purpose of ascertaining the achievements in English, Welsh, mathematics and science of pupils who are in the final year of the first key stage.

This Order applies only to maintained schools and grant-maintained special schools (other than those established in hospitals) in Wales

The provisions of the National Curriculum apply to grant-maintained special schools which are not established in hospitals by virtue of regulation 42(1) of, and Parts I and II of the Schedule to, the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/653, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

This Order does not apply for the purpose of ascertaining the achievements in Welsh of pupils following the programme of study known as “Welsh Second Language”

See S.I. 1995/69 and the document entitled “Welsh in the National Curriculum”, ISBN 0–11–701815–5.

It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to be assessed by a teacher in each relevant subject during the summer term in accordance with the provisions of this article and for a record of the results to be made by that teacher.

The purpose of the assessment shall be to determine the level of attainment achieved by the pupil in each AT specified for each relevant subject which applies to him and, except where article 8(3) applies, in the subject as calculated in accordance with article 7.

The pupil shall be assessed and a record of the results made by the teacher not later than two weeks before the end of the summer term.

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 first key stage by the relevant section 356(2)(a) and (b) order) in relation to every AT mentioned in paragraph (2) and, except where article 8(3) applies, of his level in the subject as calculated in accordance with article 7.

In making an assessment of a pupil pursuant to this article a teacher may take into account the results of any previous assessments of the pupil including assessments by means of standard tasks, whether or not the previous assessments were made by that teacher.

It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to be assessed in English, Welsh and mathematics in accordance with the provisions of this article, and such an assessment shall be known as a “standard task assessment”.

Standard tasks for which provision is made by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 10 shall be administered to the pupil during the period comprising the spring term and the summer term (except the last four weeks thereof) in accordance with the provisions of the document in which they are published.

An assessment based on the pupil’s performance in each standard task shall be made, and the result thereof recorded, not later than four weeks before the end of the summer term.

Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), the record of the results shall consist of a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in each relevant AT, or, if the document in which the standard tasks are published so requires, a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in the subject determined in accordance with the provisions of that document, or, if that document so requires, both such statements.

Where, in the case of Welsh, more than one relevant AT does not apply in relation to a pupil, or the pupil has not completed a standard task and paragraph (8) does not apply, no record of the pupil’s level of attainment in that subject shall be determined.

In paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) “relevant AT” means any AT in which the standard tasks enable achievement to be assessed.

Where a pupil is unable to complete a standard task due to his absence from school (whether because of illness or for any other reason), if, in the opinion of his head teacher, he has done sufficient work on the standard task to enable an assessment of his level of attainment in any attainment targets to be made, any such assessment shall be treated as an assessment made in pursuance of this article.

This article makes provision for the verification of standard task assessments by the local education authority (in the case of schools which they maintain) and the Authority (in the case of grant-maintained schools and grant-maintained special schools) and the substitution for levels of attainment determined by such assessments of levels determined by them, and in this article each authority is referred to as “the verifying authority”.

In the case of schools maintained by a local education authority, that authority shall exercise the functions conferred by this article in relation to each such school and each relevant subject.

On request by the verifying authority the head teacher shall provide them with the results of standard task assessments of such number or proportion of pupils, and in such subjects or attainment targets of subjects as they may require, together with the supporting material referred to in paragraph (4), to enable the verifying authority to verify the assessments.

The supporting material consists of the pupil’s written response to the standard tasks and such further material as the verifying authority may reasonably require.

If, after such verification, the verifying authority consider that the results of the assessments are accurate, they shall so notify the head teacher, and the levels of all pupils at the school determined by standard task assessments (whether or not verified) shall be the levels for the subject in question.

Where any level of attainment determined by the verifying authority differs from the level determined by a standard task assessment, the level determined by the verifying authority after verification shall be the level of attainment.

For the purpose of exercising their functions under this article the local education authority shall appoint such competent persons as they think fit.

A person is not competent for the purposes of paragraph (9) unless he has recent experience of the provision of the National Curriculum in primary schools.

Subject to article 8, the provisions of this article regulate the aggregation of AT levels of attainment determined in accordance with article 4 to calculate subject levels of attainment.

In the case of English, a pupil’s level of attainment in the subject shall be the average of his level in each AT.

In the case of Welsh, a pupil’s level of attainment in the subject shall be the average of his level in each AT but with his level in AT1 (oral, (speaking, listening and viewing)) weighted by a factor of two.

In the case of mathematics, a pupil’s level of attainment in the subject shall be the average of his level in each AT but with his level in AT2 (number and algebra) weighted by a factor of two.

In the case of science, a pupil’s level of attainment in the subject shall be the average of his level in each AT but with his level in AT1 (experimental and investigative science) weighted by a factor of three.

Article 7 shall have effect in relation to pupils as respects whom provisions of the National Curriculum do not apply (including pupils with statements of special educational needs) with the modifications specified in this article.

Where one AT in a relevant subject does not apply to such a pupil, article 7 shall have effect as if the number of ATs applying to the pupil were the total number of ATs in the subject.

Where more than one AT in a relevant subject does not apply to such a pupil, article 7 shall not apply to him in relation to that subject and no level of attainment shall be determined for him in respect of that subject.