F1Part I

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Pt. I (ss. 1-119) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2)(3), 583, Sch. 38 Pt.I, Sch. 39.

Chapter I The Curriculum

Preliminary

C11 Duties with respect to the curriculum.

1

It shall be the duty—

a

of the Secretary of State as respects every maintained school;

b

of every local education authority as respects every school maintained by them; and

c

of every governing body or head teacher of a maintained school as respects that school;

to exercise their functions (including, in particular, the functions conferred on them by this Chapter with respect to religious education, religious worship and the National Curriculum) with a view to securing that the curriculum for the school satisfies the requirements of this section.

2

The curriculum for a maintained school satisfies the requirements of this section if it is a balanced and broadly based curriculum which—

a

promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society; and

b

prepares such pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.