Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Curriculum in Maintained Schools, Maintained Nursery Schools and Funded Non-Maintained Nursery Education Maintained schools and maintained nursery schools Section 27 – Duty to ensure implementation of adopted curriculum
47.This section requires the head teacher of a maintained school or maintained nursery school to ensure that the adopted curriculum is implemented in accordance with sections 28, 29 and 30. It also requires the governing body to exercise its functions with a view to ensuring that the adopted curriculum is implemented in that way. The difference between these requirements reflects the different roles of the head teacher and governing body.