Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Curriculum in Maintained Schools, Maintained Nursery Schools and Funded Non-Maintained Nursery Education Chapter 4 – Curriculum Implementation: Exceptions Section 40 - Development work and experiments: supplementary
79.This section sets out supplementary requirements in relation to directions given under section 38.
80.Where a direction is given in relation to a school, or in relation to FNNE, subsections (4) and (5) require the head teacher and governing body of the school, or the provider of the FNNE, to publish a summary of the curriculum that will be implemented as a result of the direction. These subsections also modify the duties imposed by sections 12 and 16 in respect of review and revision of an adopted curriculum, so that they apply only to the extent that is compatible with the direction.