The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study) (England) (Amendment) Order 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the following instruments (“the principal Orders”):

(a) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Music) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1597;

(b) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Mathematics) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1598;

(c) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Information and Communication Technology) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1601;

(d) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Art and Design) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1602 ;

(e) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Citizenship) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1603;

(f) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1604, as amended by SI 2007/1841;

(g) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1605;

(h) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1606;

(i) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Physical Education) (England) Order 2000, SI 2000/1607;

(j) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Modern Foreign Languages in respect of the Third Key Stage) (England) (No 2) Order 2004, SI 2004/1793;

(k) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Design and Technology in respect of the First, Second and Third Key Stages) (England) (No 2) Order 2004, SI 2004/1794; and

(l) The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Science in respect of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Key Stages) (England) (No 2) Order 2004, SI 2004/1980.

The amendments made by this Order are as follows:

(a) the interpretation provisions in the principal Orders are amended to insert definitions for “Special Educational Needs”, “Level 1”, “the attainment target in Citizenship” and the “P Level Document” (article 2).

(b) for pupils with special educational needs who are working below Level 1 of the National Curriculum (or who are working below the third key stage attainment target in Citizenship), the P Level attainment targets set out in the P Level Document are specified as the attainment targets for the purposes of section 87(3) of the Education Act 2002 (article 3). A copy of the P Level Document, which is published by the QCA, can be accessed at this weblink:

http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_8541.aspx

(c) articles 4, 5, and 6 make technical changes to the principal Orders which provide that the text printed in greyscale and in square brackets in the P Level Document do not form part statutory provisions.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.