1995 No. 72

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) Order 1995

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

Having made such arrangements for consultation on his proposals pursuant to section 242(1) of the Education Act 19931 as he considered appropriate, the Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(2)(a) and (b) and (4) and 232(5) and (6) of the Education Reform Act 19882, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st August 1995.

2

In this Order—

  • “the Document” means the Document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Geography in the National Curriculum (Wales)”3;

3

This Order applies only to maintained schools and grant-maintained special schools (other than those established in a hospital) in Wales.

Revocation2

The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) Order 19914, the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 19915 and the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 19946 are hereby revoked.

Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study

3

It is hereby directed that the provisions relating to attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the Document shall have effect for the purposes of specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to geography.

4

The examples printed in italics in the Document (which serve to illustrate the programmes of study described therein) do not form part of the provision made by this Order.

John RedwoodSecretary of State for Wales

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the attainment targets and programmes of study specified in relation to the first, second and third key stages of a pupil’s compulsory schooling in the document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “Geography in the National Curriculum (Wales)” to have effect for the purpose of specifying those elements of the National Curriculum for geography.

The Order, which comes into force on 1st August 1995, supersedes the provisions of the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography (Wales) Order 1991 (as amended).