83Curriculum requirements for foundation stage
(1)For the foundation stage, the National Curriculum for England shall comprise the areas of learning and may specify in relation to them—
(a)the knowledge, skills and understanding which pupils of different abilities and maturities are expected to have by the end of the foundation stage (referred to in this Part as “the early learning goals”),
(b)the matters, skills and processes which are required to be taught to pupils of different abilities and maturities during the foundation stage (referred to in this Part as “educational programmes”), and
(c)assessment arrangements.
(2)The following are the areas of learning for the foundation stage—
(a)personal, social and emotional development,
(b)communication, language and literacy,
(c)mathematical development,
(d)knowledge and understanding of the world,
(e)physical development, and
(f)creative development.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (2).