In this Part—

• “assess” includes examine and test, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “assessment arrangements” means—

  1. a

     in relation to the foundation stage, the arrangements for assessing pupils in respect of that stage for the purpose of ascertaining what they have achieved in relation to the desirable outcomes; and

  2. b

     in relation to a key stage, the arrangements for assessing pupils in respect of that stage for the purpose of ascertaining what they have achieved in relation to the attainment targets for that stage;

• “attainment targets”, in relation to a key stage, means the knowledge, skills and understanding which pupils of different abilities and maturities are expected to have by the end of that stage;

• “desirable outcomes”, in relation to the foundation stage, has the meaning given by section 104;

• “the foundation stage” has the meaning given by section 102;

• “key stage”, or references to a particular key stage, shall be construed in accordance with section 103;

• “maintained school” means—

  1. a

     any community, foundation or voluntary school maintained by a local education authority in Wales, or

  2. b

     except where otherwise stated, any community or foundation special school which is maintained by a local education authority in Wales and is not established in a hospital;

• “maintained nursery school” means a nursery school which is maintained by a local education authority in Wales and is not a special school;

• “programmes of study”, in relation to a key stage, means matters, skills and processes which are required to be taught to pupils of different abilities and maturities by the end of that stage;

• “pupil” includes a child for whom funded nursery education is provided;

• “school year”, in relation to a school, means the period beginning with the first school term to begin after July and ending with the beginning of the first school term to begin after the following July; and has a corresponding meaning in relation to the provision of funded nursery education otherwise than at a school.