
1 
This Order may be cited as the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 28th January 1999.
2 
The Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be amended as provided in articles 3 to 6.
3 
In Article 4 (Interpretation) for the definition of “relevant subject” there shall be substituted the following definition—“
 “relevant subject” means—
(a) subject to paragraph (b) English, Mathematics or Science;
(b) in relation to a pupil who is in an Irish speaking school, Irish, English, Mathematics or Science;”.
4 
In Article 5—
(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)”;
(b) in paragraph (2) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “Subject to paragraph (3),”;
(c) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—“
(3) Where a pupil is in an Irish speaking school he shall be assessed in Irish, English, Mathematics and Science at or near the end of the third key stage for the purpose of ascertaining what he has achieved in relation to the attainment targets for that key stage.”.
5 
In Article 8(2) after the words “English and Mathematics” there shall be added “(and, in the case of a pupil who is in an Irish speaking school, in Irish)”.
6 
For the Schedule there shall be inserted the following Schedule—“
SCHEDULE
Article 4
Part 1
 English
 Key Stages 3 and 4
 Programme of Study and Attainment Targets
 Irish (in Irish Speaking Schools)
 Key Stages 3 and 4
 Programme of Study and Attainment Targets
 Mathematics
 Key Stages 3 and 4
 Programme of Study and Attainment Targets
 Science
 Key Stages 3 and 4
 Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets

Part 2
 The Curriculum (Programme of Study and Attainment Targets in English at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
 The Curriculum (Programme of Study and Attainment Targets in Irish in Irish Speaking Schools at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998
 The Curriculum (Programme of Study and Attainment Targets in Mathematics at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
 The Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in Science at Key Stages 3 and 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on
D. Woods
Assistant Secretary
30th December 1998.