The Education (Arrangements for Assessing in the Curriculum for Wales) Regulations 2022

Making of arrangements for assessing on entry

6.—(1) The persons set out in paragraph (2) must make arrangements for every pupil and child to be assessed by a practitioner in accordance with this regulation.

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) in relation to a maintained school or a maintained nursery school, the head teacher of that school,

(b) in relation to funded non-maintained nursery education, the provider of that education,

(c) in relation to a pupil referral unit, the teacher in charge, the management committee and the local authority which maintains that pupil referral unit, and

(d) in relation to non-PRU EOTAS, the local authority arranging or providing the education under section 19A of the 1996 Act.

(3) The purpose of the assessment arrangements is to assess, in relation to the relevant curriculum the abilities and aptitudes of pupils and children in order to determine—

(a) the next steps in their progression, and

(b) the teaching and learning needed to make that progress.

(4) The assessment arrangements must—

(a) be suitable for pupils and children of differing ages, abilities and aptitudes, and

(b) include arrangements for assessing—

(i) the numeracy and literacy skills of pupils and children, and

(ii) the physical, social and emotional development of pupils and children.

(5) The assessments must take place—

(a) within 6 weeks of the child or pupil first being provided with nursery education,

(b) within 6 weeks of the pupil first beginning in the reception year in a maintained school when they were not previously a registered pupil at that school,

(c) within 6 weeks of the pupil first beginning in year 1 in a maintained school,

(d) within 6 weeks of the pupil first registering as a pupil in a pupil referral unit,

(e) within 6 weeks of the pupil registering as a pupil at a maintained school or a pupil referral unit in any other circumstance not set out in paragraphs (b) to (d), and

(f) within 6 weeks of the child being provided with education under section 19A of the 1996 Act other than in a pupil referral unit.

(6) A provider of funded non-maintained nursery education may adopt for the purposes of paragraph (1) the assessment arrangements published by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 9.