Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) 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 “History in the National Curriculum (England)”3.

(3)

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

Revocation

2.

The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) Order 19914 is 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 history.

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.

Gillian Shephard
Secretary of State for Education