http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/4/section/59/2021-11-23Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021An Act of Senedd Cymru to establish a new framework for a curriculum for pupils of compulsory school age at maintained schools and pupil referral units, for children of compulsory school age for whom education is otherwise arranged by local authorities, for pupils at maintained nursery schools and for certain other children for whom nursery education is provided; to make provision about progression and assessment in connection with a curriculum for those pupils and children; to make provision about a curriculum for pupils above compulsory school age at maintained schools; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-27Expert Participation2021-11-23 Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021Deddf Cwricwlwm ac Asesu (Cymru) 2021s. 59The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022Gorchymyn Deddf Cwricwlwm ac Asesu (Cymru) 2021 (Cychwyn Rhif 3 a Darpariaeth Drosiannol) 2022art. 9(c) PART 5591The head teacher and governing body of a maintained school must ensure that the curriculum for the school's pupils complies with the requirement in subsection (2).2The requirement is that the curriculum is a balanced and broadly based curriculum that⁠—apromotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of the pupils and of society, andbprepares the pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.3A local authority in Wales must exercise its functions with a view to ensuring that the curriculum complies with the requirement in subsection (2) in every maintained school that it maintains.4The Welsh Ministers must exercise their functions with a view to ensuring that the curriculum complies with the requirement in subsection (2) in every maintained school.