# Education Reform Act 1988, Section 1: Duties with respect to the curriculum.

Extent: E+W

(1) It shall be the duty—
(a) of the Secretary of State as respects every maintained school;
(b) of every local education authority as respects every school maintained by them; and
(c) of every governing body or head teacher of a maintained school as respects that school;
to exercise their functions (including, in particular, the functions conferred on them by this Chapter with respect to religious education, religious worship and the National Curriculum) with a view to securing that the curriculum for the school satisfies the requirements of this section.
(2) The curriculum for a maintained school satisfies the requirements of this section if it is a balanced and broadly based curriculum which—
(a) promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society; and
(b) prepares such pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/40/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988/section-1
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