The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/2608
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 11th December 1991.

(2) In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) Order 1991 .

Section 2 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

Article 1 of the Principal Order is amended as follows:—

(a) in paragraph (2) before the definition of “the Document” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

“the Annex to the Document” means the document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “Short Course at Key Stage 4, Annex to Geography in the National Curriculum (Wales)”; and

in paragraph (2) after the words “references to levels of attainment are references” there shall be inserted the word “either” and after the words “in the Document” there shall be added “or, as the case may be, in the Annex to the Document”.

Section 3 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

Article 6 of the principal Order shall be amended by adding after the words “programmes of study” the word “either” and by adding after the words “in the Document” the words “or in the Annex to the Document”.

Section 4 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

For article 7 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following article:—

(7)

(1) Schedule 1 has effect in accordance with this article for specifying the attainment targets (including the range of levels of attainment) for each key stage, the levels applicable being those appropriate to the different abilities and maturities of the pupils being taught.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) the attainment targets described in the Document and set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order are specified in relation to the key stages set out beside them in column 1 of that Schedule.

(3) According to the programme of study followed by the pupil, the attainment targets specified for a pupil in the fourth key stage are either those set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order in relation to that key stage by reference to the Document or those so set out by reference to the Annex to the Document.

Section 5 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

Article 8 of the principal Order is hereby amended as follows:—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (2) there shall be added the words “Subject to paragraph (3)”; and

(b) at the end of the article there shall be added the following paragraph:—

(3) The programme of study specified for a pupil in the fourth key stage is at the option of the school, either that set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order in relation to that key stage by reference to the Document or that so set out by reference to the Annex to the Document.

Section 6 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

Article 9 of the principal Order shall be amended by adding after the words “printed in italics” the word “either” and by adding after the words “in the Document” the words “or in the Annex to the Document”.

Section 7 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

Schedule 1 (Specification of Attainment Targets) to the principal Order shall be amended by substituting for the provisions in Column 2 set out beside the fourth key stage in Column 1 the following provisions:—

Either Attainment Targets 1-5, Levels 4-10 where specified in the Document (in the case of the programme of study described therein) or Attainment Targets 1-5, Levels 4-10 where specified in the Annex to the Document (in the case of the programme of study described in that Annex).

Section 8 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

Schedule 2 (Specification of Programmes of Study) to the principal Order shall be amended by substituting for the provisions in Column 2 set out beside the fourth key stage in Column 1 the following provisions:—

Either Levels 4-10 as described in the Document or Levels 4-10 as described in the Annex to the Document.