The Four Purposes

• Healthy, confident individuals

• Ethical, informed citizens

• Ambitious, capable learners

• Enterprising, creative contributors

Areas of Learning and Experience and Statements of What Matters

• Language, Literacy and Communication

• Mathematics and Numeracy

• Science and Technology

• Expressive Arts

• Health and Well-being

• Humanities

Mandatory Curriculum Elements

• Religion, Values and Ethics

• Relationships and Sexuality Education

• Welsh

• English

Mandatory Cross-curricular Skills

• Literacy

• Numeracy

• Digital competence

Progression Code

Reflects the statements of progression for each AoLE

General Requirements

• Progress towards the Four Purposes

• Broad and balanced

• Suitable to learners’ ages, aptitudes and abilities

• Provide appropriate progression

Additional Requirements

Schools must publish a summary of their adopted curriculum and keep their curriculum under review. They must ensure their curriculum is supported by assessment arrangements which assess the:

• progress made by learners in relation to the relevant curriculum

• next steps in learners’ progression and the learning and teaching needed to make that progress.

The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 

Statutory framework for supporting children and young people with additional learning needs (ALN).

Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015*

Does not place specific duties on schools. However it does require local and national government (alongside other public bodies) to carry out sustainable development.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child*

• Learn about human rights

• Learn through human rights

• Learn for human rights