SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Amendments relating to the curriculum

Education Act 2002 (c. 32)

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1

Section 79 of the 2002 Act (duty to implement general requirements) is amended as follows.

2

For subsections (1) and (2) substitute—

1

The Secretary of State shall exercise his functions with a view to securing that the curriculum for every maintained school or maintained nursery school satisfies the requirements of section 78.

2

Every local education authority in England shall exercise their functions with a view to securing that the curriculum for every maintained school or maintained nursery school which they maintain satisfies the requirements of section 78.

3

In subsection (4)(b), omit the words from “or the” to “nursery school”.

4

Omit subsection (5).