The national curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils: read easily, fluently and with good understanding develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV.UK. During key stage 4 most pupils work towards national qualifications - usually GCSEs.

The national curriculum secondary programmes of study and attainment targets for key stages 3 and 4. The English national curriculum means children in different schools (at primary and secondary level) study the same subjects to similar standards - it's split into key stages with tests You’ve accepted all cookies. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, National restrictions in England from 5 November, Home education: get information from your council, Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance and support, Transparency and freedom of information releases. Schools must also offer at least one subject from each of these areas: They must also provide religious education (RE) and sex education at key stage 4. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve government services. The EBacc is a way to measure how many pupils in a school choose to take a GCSE in these core subjects: Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. The compulsory national curriculum subjects are the ‘core’ and ‘foundation’ subjects. Published 11 September 2013 Last updated 2 December 2014 — see all updates

Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Compulsory national curriculum subjects are: Schools must provide religious education (RE) and sex education from key stage 3 but parents can ask for their children to be taken out of the whole lesson or part of it.