http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1989/2406

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/2406/article/6/made

The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

School admissions

School governance, management and finance

School welfare, behaviour and attendance

Special educational needs and additional support

Attendance and truancy

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2020-06-18

NORTHERN IRELAND

In this Order—Part II sets out the general duty of the Department in relation to education;Part III makes provision for the curriculum in grant-aided schools and for the establishment and functions of the Northern Ireland Curriculum Council and the Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council;Part IV regulates the admission of children to grant-aided schools;Part V provides for the financing by boards of controlled and maintained schools and for the delegation to the Boards of Governors of those schools of the management of all or part of the school’s budget share and of certain responsibilities in relation to staff and makes new provision for the funding of voluntary grammar schools;Part VI provides for the establishment and management of grant-maintained integrated schools and controlled integrated schools;Part VII restates the functions of boards in relation to further and higher education, makes new provision for the management of institutions of further education, provides for the financing by boards of institutions of further education and for the delegation to the governing bodies of such institutions of the management of the institution’s budget and of certain responsibilities in relation to staff;Part VIII makes provision in relation to the management of grant-aided schools and regulates the making of charges in such schools;Part IX provides for the constitution and functions of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools;Part X contains miscellaneous provisions relating to education.

The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

The Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

art. 13(3)(b)

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015

Sch. 12

Pt. 1

art. 2(2)

PART IIITHE CURRICULUM

Principal provisions

Compulsory contributory subjects and compulsory assessment6

1

The curriculum for every grant-aided school shall require each pupil at the school to be taught within each area of study the contributory subjects which in accordance with paragraph (2) are compulsory contributory subjects in relation to that pupil.

2

The compulsory contributory subjects within each area of study specified in column 1 of Schedule 2—

a

in relation to pupils in key stages 1 and 2, are those specified in column 2 of that Schedule;

b

in relation to pupils in key stage 3, are those specified in column 3 of that Schedule;

c

in relation to pupils in key stage 4, are those specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

3

Subject to paragraph (4), the curriculum for every grant-aided school shall require each pupil at the school to be assessed in each of his compulsory contributory subjects in accordance with such assessment arrangements as are specified in relation to that subject and that pupil under Article 7(1)(b).

4

Paragraph (3) does not apply to any compulsory contributory subjects which are within the area of study called Creative and Expressive Studies.

5

For ease of reference, in Schedule 2 an “(A)” is placed after each entry relating to a compulsory contributory subject in which pupils are required under paragraph (3) to be assessed.

6

The Department may by order amend Schedule 2.