The Education (National Curriculum) (Modern Foreign Languages) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/825
• Sections: 2

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Modern Foreign Languages) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st August 1989.

(2) In this Order—

references to the third and fourth key stages are references to the periods set out in section 3(3)(c) and (d) respectively of the Education Reform Act 1988; and

references to relevant pupils are references to pupils in the third and fourth key stages in respect of whom there is a requirement to study a modern foreign language as a foundation subject.

Section 2

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the modern foreign languages listed in Schedules 1 and 2 hereto are hereby specified as foundation subjects in relation to the third and fourth key stages.

(2) A language listed in Schedule 2 is not a foundation subject unless the condition set out in paragraph (3) is satisfied.

(3) The condition referred to in paragraph (2) is that the school at which the language is taught also offers all relevant pupils the opportunity of studying one or more of the languages set out in Schedule 1 for the purposes of the National Curriculum.