PART 1

BASIC CONCEPTS AND KEY DOCUMENTS

The areas of learning and experience
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1
The areas of learning and experience for a curriculum are—
- Expressive Arts
- Health and Well-being
- Humanities
- Languages, Literacy and Communication
- Mathematics and Numeracy
- Science and Technology.
2
Within the areas of learning and experience, the following are mandatory elements—
- English
- Relationships and Sexuality Education
- Religion, Values and Ethics
- Welsh.
3
But English is not to be treated as a mandatory element, for the purposes of this Act, for a curriculum within subsection (4).
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A curriculum is within this subsection if it is—
a
a curriculum for registered pupils at a school who have not completed the school year in which the majority of the pupils in their class attain the age of 7;
b
a curriculum for funded non-maintained nursery education;
c
a curriculum for education provided under section 19A of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (exceptional provision of education at pupil referral units or elsewhere: Wales) for pupils or children who have not attained the age of 7.
5
References in this Act to the areas of learning and experience are to the areas listed in subsection (1).
6
References in this Act to the mandatory elements are to be interpreted in accordance with this section.