This is the original version (as it was originally made).
(This note is not part of the Order)
Under section 108(2) of the Education Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) the Welsh Ministers may specify, by Order, the areas of learning for the foundation phase and in relation to each of those areas of learning such desirable outcomes, programmes of study and assessment arrangements as they consider appropriate.
The Education (National Curriculum) (Foundation Phase) (Wales) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”) gives legal effect to the Foundation Phase Framework for Children’s Learning 3-7 year olds in Wales (“the framework document”) which sets out the areas of learning for the foundation phase and the desirable outcomes and educational programmes for each of those areas of learning.
Article 2 of this Order revokes the existing end of foundation phase assessment arrangements set out in the National Curriculum (End of Foundation Phase Assessment Arrangements and Revocation of the First Key Stage Assessment arrangements) (Wales) Order 2011. The assessment arrangements for the end of the foundation phase are now contained in Parts 3 and 4 of this Order. Article 3 contains the interpretation provisions for this Order.
Article 4 of this Order amends the 2014 Order so as to substitute the definition of the framework document. The framework document has been revised to reflect changes to the educational programmes and desirable outcomes and the effect of this amendment is that the 2014 Order will give legal effect to the revised framework document.
Article 5 of this Order sets out the assessment arrangements that must be carried out by a practitioner in relation to each pupil in the reception year of the foundation phase. Article 5 also sets out the purpose of such assessments.
Article 6 places a duty on the head teacher to complete a record of attainment of the assessment.
Article 7 provides that the first assessment must be carried out within 6 weeks of a child first attending as a pupil in a reception class in a maintained school or as soon as reasonably practicable after that if for exceptional reasons it cannot be carried out in that period.
Article 8 of this Order sets out the assessment arrangements that must be carried out by a practitioner in relation to each pupil in the final year of the foundation phase. Article 8 also sets out the purpose of such assessments.
Article 9 places a duty on the head teacher to complete a record of attainment of the assessment.
Article 10 provides that the end of phase assessment must be carried out within 20 working days before the end of the summer term or as soon as reasonably practicable after that if for exceptional reasons it cannot be carried out in that period.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Early Years Branch of the Curriculum Division in the Department for Education and Skills.
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