5.—(1) It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to be assessed in English and mathematics in accordance with the provisions of this article, and such an assessment shall be known as a “standard task assessment”.
(2) Standard tasks made by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 9 shall be administered to the pupil during the second half of the spring term and the summer term (except the last four weeks thereof) in accordance with the provisions of the document in which they are published.
(3) An assessment based on the pupil’s performance in each standard task shall be made, and the result thereof recorded, not later than four weeks before the end of the summer term.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5) the record of the results shall consist of a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in each relevant attainment target, and, if the document in which the standard tasks are published so requires, a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in the subject determined in accordance with the provisions of that document.
(5) Where in the case of English at least one relevant attainment target does not apply in relation to a pupil, or the pupil has not completed a standard task and paragraph (7) does not apply, no record of the pupil’s level of attainment in that subject shall be determined.
(6) In paragraphs (4) and (5) “relevant attainment target” means any attainment target in which the standard tasks enable achievement to be assessed.
(7) Where a pupil is unable to complete a standard task due to his absence from school (whether because of illness or for any other reason), if in the opinion of his head teacher he has done sufficient work on the standard task to enable an assessment of his level of attainment in any attainment targets to be made, any such assessment shall be treated as an assessment made in pursuance of this article.