2012 No. 2056
Education, England

The Education (Amendment of the Curriculum Requirements for Fourth Key Stage) (England) Order 2012

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 86 of the Education Act 20021.

In accordance with section 210(3) of that Act a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Education (Amendment of the Curriculum Requirements for Fourth Key Stage) (England) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st September 2012.

Amendment of section 85 of the Education Act 20022.

In section 85 of the Education Act 20022 (curriculum requirements for fourth key stage)—

(a)

omit subsection (5)(a);

(b)

in subsection (9) omit “work-related learning or”; and

(c)

in subsection (10) omit the definition of “work-related learning”.

Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends section 85 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) so as to remove work-related learning from the requirements for the National Curriculum for England for the fourth key stage.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations is foreseen. The impact on the public sector is minimal.