Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. V (ss. 350-410) modified (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2262, reg. 57
(1)The curriculum for every maintained school shall comprise a basic curriculum which includes—
(a)provision for religious education for all registered pupils at the school (in accordance with such of the provisions of [F1Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998] as apply in relation to the school),
(b)a curriculum for all registered pupils at the school of compulsory school age (known as “the National Curriculum”) which meets the requirements of section 353,
(c)in the case of a secondary school, provision for sex education for all registered pupils at the school, and
(d)in the case of a special school, provision for sex education for all registered pupils at the school who are provided with secondary education.
(2)Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in the case of a maintained special school (provision as to religious education in special schools being made by regulations under section 342(6)).
(3)In this Act “sex education” includes education about—
(a)Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and
(b)any other sexually transmitted disease.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 352(1)(a) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para.86 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 352(1)(a) explained (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 31, s. 69(2) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
C3S. 352(1)(a) modified (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 69, Sch. 19 paras. 2(2)(4), 3(2)(4), 4(2) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
S. 352(1)(a) modified (1.10.1998 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 69, Sch. 19 paras. 2(4), 3(4) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); 1.10.1998 by S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I and 1.9.1999 by S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1