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					<dc:description>This Order, which applies only to schools in Wales, revokes and replaces the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 2) (Wales) Order 1997 (as amended). It specifies the assessment arrangements for pupils studying English, Welsh (as a first language), mathematics and science in the final year of the second key stage.</dc:description>
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				</ukm:Metadata><Secondary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/2915/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/body" NumberOfProvisions="8" RestrictStartDate="2006-04-01"><P1group RestrictStartDate="2004-11-10"><Title>Name, commencement and application</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/2915/article/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/article/1" id="article-1"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ddb6e287912066b941fbbed2752d0073"/>1</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/1" id="article-1-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Order is called the National Curriculum (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 2004 and comes into force on 10 November 2004.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/2" id="article-1-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>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 second key stage.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/3" id="article-1-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Order applies only to maintained schools in Wales.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/4" id="article-1-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>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”<CommentaryRef Ref="c5336961"/>.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Secondary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c5336961" Type="M"><Para><Text><Emphasis>See</Emphasis> <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/1101" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2000" Number="1101">S.I. 2000/1101</Citation> (W.79) and the document entitled  “Welsh in the National Curriculum”, ISBN 0750424036.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-ddb6e287912066b941fbbed2752d0073" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/article/1" id="cwa6ueph5-00031">Art. 1</CitationSubRef> in force at 10.11.2004, see <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2004/2915/article/1/1" CitationRef="cwa6ueph5-00028" Operative="true" id="cwa6ueph5-00032">art. 1(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>