(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes and replaces the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1996 (“the 1996 Order”). It specifies the assessment arrangements for pupils in the final year of the third key stage, as they apply to schools maintained by local education authorities (other than any established in a hospital) in England.
The main change from the 1996 Order is to provide for monitoring of the NC test assessment arrangements under article 10 by local education authorities and for determination of a pupil’s record of results by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in cases where the results of the NC test assessment are inaccurate or otherwise incorrect (articles 11 and 12). The head teacher is also required to provide a statement, signed by himself, to the external marking agency confirming that the NC tests were administered in accordance with the document in which they are published at the time specified in the relevant NC assessment timetable (article 10(4)).