(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, made under Articles 8(3), 9(2) and (3), 10(2), 24(2) and (3) and 43(5) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, comes into operation on 10 January 2013. The aspects of the Order which deal with using information and communications technology will have effect from the 1st of August 2013
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, using mathematics and using ICT, 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 communication and using mathematics for 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 to 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 to be assessed and for the provision of assessment results for pupils who are in the final year of key stage 1, 2 or 3 to be reported to the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (NICCEA).
Article 5 contains a revocation.
