The government has confirmed it is to disapply the current national curriculum in the run-up to the introduction of its new programmes of study in September 2014.
It means that from September 2013, maintained schools will not be required to teach the prescribed programmes of study, although must still teach the national curriculum subjects.
The decision covers all subjects for pupils at key stages 3 and 4.
It marks the Department for Education’s (DfE) first curriculum announcement since the consultation over the new draft national curriculum came to an end last month. A DfE statement said the move would give schools “greater flexibility to manage the transition from the existing national curriculum to the new one”.
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