PART IITHE CURRICULUM
Statutory requirements relating to curriculum
Minimum contentI17
1
The curriculum for every grant-aided school shall, in relation to each area of learning applicable to pupils at the school—
a
include such minimum content as is specified in relation to that area of learning and those pupils under paragraph (2);
b
require each pupil at the school to be taught the minimum content within that area of learning; and
c
require that the teaching in that area of learning is consistent with that minimum content.
2
The Department may by order specify, in relation to an area of learning and pupils in a key stage, such minimum content as it considers appropriate.
3
The minimum content specified in relation to an area of learning and pupils in a key stage must incorporate knowledge, understanding and skills relevant to each of the contributory elements which fall within that area of learning in relation to pupils in that key stage.
4
It is the duty of the Department so to exercise the powers conferred by paragraph (2) as—
a
to set in place as soon as is practicable minimum content in relation to all the areas of learning and each key stage, and
b
to revise any existing minimum content whenever it considers it necessary or appropriate to do so.
5
In relation to key stage 4, paragraphs (1) to (4) apply only in relation to the areas of learning called—
a
Learning for life and work; and
b
Physical education.