§ Mr. Tom ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will outline the phases to which he referred in his reply of 21 February,Official Report, column 796, covering the implementation of the national curriculum.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe phases of implementation of the national curriculum and related assessment arrangements are set out in the table:
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Pupils aged 5 years 7–8 years 11–12 years 14–15 years 1992 Art Art Modern foreign language Mathematics Music Music Science Physical education Physical education Art English Music Physical Education 1993 — — — Technology 1994 — — — History Geography 1995 — — — Modern foreign language Art Music Physical education Timetables for history, geography, modern foreign language, art, music, and physical education are provisional.
None of the attainment targets and programmes of study in maths, science and English will be a requirement for pupils with statements of special educational needs until autumn 1990. This gives time for their statements to be revised if necessary.
First national assessments Summer Pupils aged 7 years 11 years 14 years 16 years 1991 Mathematics — — — Science English 1992 Technology — Mathematics — Science 1993 History English — Geography Technology 1994 Art Mathematics History Mathematics Music Science Geography Science Physical education English Technology English 1995 — History Modern foreign language Technology Geography Art Music Physical education 1996 — Art — History Music Geography Physical education 1997 — — — Modern foreign language Art Music Physical education Individual pupils' results in any statutory assessments or public examinations will have to be reported to their parents from 1991 onwards. Schools will not be required to publish statistics of key stage I assessments, though they will be encouraged to do so. They will be required to publish statistics of key stage 2 and 3 assessments, but only from the second year of operation onwards. For key stage 4, they will already be under a requirement to publish GCSE results.