The National Curriculum in England

The National

Curriculum in

England

Framework document for consultation

February 2013

Contents

1. Introduction

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2. The school curriculum in England

5

3. The National Curriculum in England

6

4. Inclusion

9

5. Language, literacy and numeracy

10

6. The proposed programmes of study and attainment targets for the National Curriculum

subjects.

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English

13

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

13

Key Stage 1

16

Lower Key Stage 2

32

Upper Key Stage 2

40

Key Stage 3

50

Mathematics

53

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

53

Key Stage 1

55

Lower Key Stage 2

67

Upper Key Stage 2

79

Key Stage 3

94

Science

99

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

99

Key Stage 1

101

Lower Key Stage 2

111

Upper Key Stage 2

123

Key Stage 3

135

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Art and design

146

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

146

Key Stage 1

147

Key Stage 2

147

Key Stage 3

148

Citizenship

149

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

149

Key Stage 3

150

Key Stage 4

150

Computing

152

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

152

Key Stage 1

153

Key Stage 2

153

Key Stage 3

154

Key Stage 4

155

Design and technology

156

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

156

Key Stage 1

158

Key Stage 2

159

Key Stage 3

160

Geography

161

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

161

Key Stage 1

162

Key Stage 2

163

Key Stage 3

164

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History

165

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

165

Key Stage 1

166

Key Stage 2

167

Key Stage 3

169

Languages

172

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

172

Key Stage 2: Foreign languages

173

Key Stage 3: Modern foreign languages

174

Music

176

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

176

Key Stage 1

177

Key Stage 2

177

Key Stage 3

178

Physical Education

179

Purpose of study, aims and attainment targets

179

Key Stage 1

180

Key Stage 2

181

Key Stage 3

182

Key Stage 4

183

Appendices to the English programmes of study

Appendix 1: Spelling

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Appendix 2: Grammar and punctuation

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Glossary for the programmes of study for English at Key Stage 1 and 2

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1. Introduction

1.1 On 20 January 2011 the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt. Hon. Michael Gove

MP, confirmed the Government¡¯s intention to review the National Curriculum in

England.

1.2 This document sets out, for the purposes of public consultation, a revised framework

for the National Curriculum that is the product of that review. This framework

includes:

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contextual information about both the overall school curriculum and the

statutory National Curriculum, including the statutory basis of the latter

proposed aims for the statutory National Curriculum

proposed statements on inclusion, and on the development of pupils¡¯

competence in language, literacy, and numeracy across the school

curriculum

revised programmes of study for all the National Curriculum subjects other

than for Key Stage 4 English, mathematics and science. These are being

published separately for information at

.uk/nationalcurriculum, but formal consultation will

follow once further details about the planned new Key Stage 4

qualifications in these subjects are available.

1.3 The consultation document that accompanies this framework asks a number of

questions about the content and implementation of the National Curriculum. The

deadline for responses to the consultation is 16 April 2013.

1.4 Subject to Ministers¡¯ final decisions, and to the approval of Parliament, it is the

Government¡¯s intention that the final version of this framework will be published in the

autumn of 2013, and that the elements that require statutory force will come into

effect from September 2014.

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