(1)    This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998.

(2)    In this Order—

“The Document” means the Document published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Geography in the National Curriculum (England)”.

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

The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 1995 is hereby revoked.

It is hereby directed that the provisions relating to attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the Document shall have effect in relation to schools in England for the purpose of specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to geography subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule.

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.

On page 1, in the passage headed “Access”, for the words:

“The programme of study for each key stage should be taught to the great majority of pupils in the key stage, in ways appropriate to their abilities.”

there shall be substituted

“Schools are required to provide a balanced and broadly-based curriculum, which must include the National Curriculum foundation subject of Geography. In planning their geography curriculum at Key Stages 1 and 2, schools should have regard to the Programme of Study set out below, and to the desirability of allowing pupils to follow it, in ways appropriate to their abilities. In so doing, schools should give appropriate weight to any prior need to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of pupils and any necessary adjustments to the Programme of Study should be made to allow this.

The Programme of Study for Key Stage 3 should be taught to the great majority of pupils in that Key Stage, in ways appropriate to their abilities.”.

Andrew Smith

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment.

11th August 1998

This Order provides for the attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the document published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office entitled “Geography in the National Curriculum (England)” (ISBN 0 11 270886 2) to have effect for the purpose of specifying those elements of the National Curriculum for geography in relation to schools in England, subject to an amendment to the text of the document, in relation to the first and second key stages of a pupil's compulsory schooling.

The Order, which comes into force on 1st September 1998, supersedes the provisions of the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 1995.