The Education (National Curriculum) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Order 2015

Amendments to the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003

13.  In article 3 (Interpretation)—

(a) omit the definition “the associated documents”,

(b) in the definition “NC tests” for “level of attainment” substitute “scores”,

(c) for the definition “record of results” or (as the case may be) “record of result” substitute—

“(a) for the purposes of article 5, means a record of the results of a pupil in respect of the NC tests administered to the pupil under article 5(3), consisting of the scores achieved by the pupil; and

(b) for the purposes of article 7, means a record of the results of a pupil in respect of the NC tests administered to the pupil under article 5.”.

(d) after the definition of “summer term” insert—

““trial” means an assessment for the purpose of determining the suitability of test materials for use in NC tests;

“trialling agency” means a body approved by the Secretary of State to administer trials in respect of materials for use in NC tests.”.

(e) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) References to attainment targets and programmes of study are references to the targets and programmes set out in any document (other than the P Scale Document) published by the Department for Education under a section 87(3)(a) and (b) order for the foundation subjects.”.