Part 7The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

Chapter 1Establishment, objectives and general duties

Regulated qualifications and regulated assessment arrangements

131Meaning of “regulated assessment arrangements” etc.

(1)

This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

(2)

“Regulated assessment arrangements” means—

(a)

NC assessment arrangements, and

(b)

EYFS assessment arrangements.

(3)

“NC assessment arrangements” means arrangements made under or by virtue of an order made under section 87(3)(c) of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) for assessing pupils in England in respect of each key stage for the specified purposes.

(4)

In subsection (3)—

“assessing” includes testing;

“key stage” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) (see section 76 of that Act).

(5)

“EYFS assessment arrangements” means arrangements made under or by virtue of an order made under section 39(1)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21) for assessing children in England for the specified purposes.

(6)

“The specified purposes” in relation to regulated assessment arrangements—

(a)

if the arrangements are NC assessment arrangements, has the same meaning as in section 76(1) of the Education Act 2002;

(b)

if the arrangements are EYFS assessment arrangements, has the same meaning as in section 41(2)(c) of the Childcare Act 2006.