National Standards

National Standards come into effect in English-medium schools with pupils in Years 1 to 8 in 2010. The standards set clear expectations that students need to meet in reading, writing and mathematics in the first eight years at school. The English-medium National Standards packs are being distributed to schools from 30 October 2009. These packs will initially be distributed to all English-medium schools, based on the following:

• boards of trustees in schools with students in Years 1 to 8 (three copies per board)
• primary and secondary principals (one copy each)
• Year 1 to 8 teachers (one copy each)
• Year 9 teachers (one reference copy each)
• primary and secondary schools (two reference copies per school).