EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 1) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 31st August 1994. Amendment 2 1 The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 1) (Wales) Order 1993 is amended as follows. 2 In article 1(2), after “achievements” there are inserted the words “in English, Welsh, mathematics and science” and the words from “in relation to” to the end of the paragraph are omitted. 3 In article 1(3) after “schools” there are inserted the words “and grant-maintained special schools (other than those established in hospitals)” . 4 In article 4(1) for the word “four” there is substituted the word “two”. 5 In article 4(3), after “and”, there are inserted the words “subject to article 8(3) and (4)”. 6 In article 5(2) after “tasks” there are inserted the words “for which provision is”. 7 In article 5(4) for “and” there is substituted “or” and, at the end, there are added the words “or, if that document so requires, both such statements”. 8 In article 6 there are omitted— a in paragraph (1), the words “teacher and”; b in paragraph (3), the words “teacher assessments and”; c in paragraph (4), the words “the records and other evidence of a pupil’s achievements relied on by a teacher in making a teacher assessment”; d in paragraph (5), after the words “determined by”, the words “teacher and”; e in paragraphs (7) and (8)(b), the words “teacher or”; and f in paragraph (9), the words from “and each such authority” to the end of the paragraph. 9 After article 6 there is inserted the following article— Further Assessment: English, Welsh and mathematics 6A 1 Where in the opinion of his head teacher a pupil’s level of attainment in English or mathematics would, if the pupil were assessed by the administration to him of the NC tests for that subject laid down for the purposes of the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 2) (Wales) Order 1994 , be level 4 or higher, it shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for the pupil to be assessed in that subject by the administration to him of those tests at such time as is specified by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 9, and article 4(3) of that Order shall apply in relation to that pupil accordingly. 2 Where in the opinion of his head teacher a pupil’s level of attainment in Welsh would, if the pupil were assessed by the administration to him of the NC test and task for that subject laid down for the purposes of the Order referred to in paragraph (1) above, be level 4 or higher, it shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for the pupil to be assessed in that subject by the administration to him of that test and task at such time as is specified by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 9, and article 4(3) of that Order shall apply in relation to that pupil accordingly. 3 In this article “NC tests” and “NC tasks” have the meanings respectively assigned to those expressions by article 2(1) of that Order. . 10 After article 8 there is inserted the following article— Evaluation of Assessment Arrangements 8A The assessment authority shall make such arrangements as seem to them appropriate for determining the extent to which the provisions of articles 4 to 8 and their implementation achieve the purpose mentioned in article 1(2). . 11 In article 9 after “Order” there are inserted the words “(other than provisions conferring or imposing functions as mentioned in section 4(5)(a) of the Education Reform Act 1988)”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Rod Richards Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Welsh Office 24th August 1994