Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stages 1 and 2) (Exceptions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
These Regulations, made under Article 15(b) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, provide that an Irish speaking primary school shall be excepted from the requirement to assess pupils at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2 in the school year commencing with the date on which the school becomes a grant-aided school. Where such a school becomes a grant-aided school from a date other than the beginning of a school year, it shall be excepted for the remainder of that school year.