The Education (Levels of Progression for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3) (Transitional) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 30th March 2010

Coming into operation: 30th April 2010

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application and Exemptions

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General duties of the principal

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 30th March 2010.

Katrina Godfrey — A senior officer of the — Department of Education

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, made under Articles 8(3), 9(2) and (3), 10(2) and 43(5) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, comes into operation on 30th April 2010.

The Order specifies the levels of progression to be used for assessing pupils in the final years of key stages 1, 2 and 3 in the cross-curricular skills of communication and using mathematics, and associated assessment arrangements. The levels of progression and the assessment arrangements are to be set out in an Assessment Document prepared by the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (NICCEA), approved by the Department of Education and published by the Council. There is to be an Assessment Document in relation to pupils in key stages 1 and 2 and a separate Assessment Document in relation to pupils in key stage 3.

Article 3 provides that the Order shall apply in relation to pupils in the final year of key stages 1, 2 and 3 in all grant-aided schools and for the exemption of pupils from the assessment arrangements in certain specified cases.

Article 4 requires the principal of a school to make arrangements for pupils who are in the final year of key stage 1, 2 or 3 to be assessed and for the provision of assessment results for these pupils to be reported to NICCEA and to parents.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)

[^f00003]: S.R. 2007 No. 45

[^f00004]: S.R. 2009 No. 231

Editorial notes

[^key-58c8bd1462bbb004d0b6a96576090644]: Rules revoked (10.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.8.2013 in so far as not already in operation) by The Education (Levels of Progression for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/444), arts. 1, 5