Explanatory note

This Order provides for the attainment targets and programmes of study specified in relation to the various key stages of a pupil’s compulsory schooling in the document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Physical Education in the National Curriculum” (ISBN 0 11 270892 7) to have effect for the purpose of specifying those elements of the National Curriculum for physical education. These provisions apply with effect from 1st August 1995 for pupils in key stages 1 to 3 (except for the provisions relating to swimming for pupils in the third and fourth years of key stage 2 which apply from 1st August 1996 and 1997 respectively), from 1st August 1996 for pupils in the first year of key stage 4 and from 1st August 1997 for pupils in the second year of that key stage.

The Order supersedes the provisions of the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Target and Programmes of Study in Physical Education) Order 1992 in respect of pupils in a particular key stage from the date on which the provisions of this Order take effect in relation to pupils in that key stage.