Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The National Curriculum for Wales for science will be revised from 1st August 2000. This Order gives legal effect to the new programmes of study, which set out what pupils should be taught, and attainment targets for them. Details of these are set out in a document called “Science in the National Curriculum” which is available from the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales. As required by section 356(9) of the Education Act 1996, the Order provides that the programmes of study set out in the document are not to be taken to include the matters specified in article 3(2).
This Order also sets out arrangements for phasing in the New Curriculum.
The Order replaces the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Science) (Wales) Order 1995.