England
Curriculum information
Official wording, responsibilities and review duties.
Requirement and scope
Choose the governance type; academy and maintained duties differ. Choose a phase; confirm age and provision conditions.
Maintained school
Statutory duty [1]
Must publish. Website publication within the stated scope. [1]
- Source-established phases
- Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
- Source-established school types
- Mainstream school, Special school
- EYFS condition
- No separate EYFS condition stated
- Accountable
- not stated in the source
- Approval
- not stated in the source
- Operational owner
- not stated in the source
- Review cycle
- set by the school
Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.
Academy or free school
Expected [2]
Should publish. Website publication within the stated scope. [2]
- Source-established phases
- Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
- Source-established school types
- Mainstream school, Special school
- EYFS condition
- No separate EYFS condition stated
- Accountable
- not stated in the source
- Approval
- not stated in the source
- Operational owner
- not stated in the source
- Review cycle
- set by the school
Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.
Maintained schools with key stage 1 provision must publish phonics/reading schemes. The corresponding academy list is a “should”. Subject and qualification lists depend on the provision offered.
Official wording
Curriculum
What all schools must publish All schools must publish: the content of the curriculum in each academic year for every subject, including mandatory subjects such as religious education (RE) – this applies even if it is taught as part of another subject or known by another name information to make parents and carers aware they have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE how parents, carers or other members of the public can find out more about the curriculum an accessibility plan that sets out how, over time, they will increase the extent to which disabled pupils participate in the curriculum What schools with key stage 1 provision must publish
What maintained schools must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26
Curriculum
What schools with key stage 1 provision must publish Schools with key stage 1 provision must publish a list of any phonics or reading schemes they use.
What maintained schools must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26
Curriculum
What all academies should publish All academies should publish: the content of the curriculum in each academic year for every subject, including mandatory subjects such as religious education (RE) – this applies even if it is taught as part of another subject or known by another name information to make parents and carers aware they have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE how parents, carers or other members of the public can find out more about the curriculum Alongside the content of their music curriculum, all academies are expected to publish information about their music development plan. A template is available to support with this. Where applicable, they should also publish a list of the:
What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26
Curriculum
Where applicable, they should also publish a list of the: key stage 1 phonics or reading schemes they use
What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26
Sources and updates
Official evidence reviewed 2026-10-26. Check the source edition and conditions before acting.
What maintained schools must or should publish online
Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.
- Reviewed on
- 2026-10-26
- Reviewed version
- 2024-10-24T13:22:43+01:00
- Last checked
- 2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
- Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
b9b1f18649ff2aa39b0a9df87f62c3aeb29bb48753d2bb174e50a411ac33a1f0- Official content identity
- 601afc48-7631-11e4-a3cb-005056011aef
- Official content digest (SHA-256)
b3b7c2dedfb7e1fe1d249c685ca0f56f901e00aef72bbc7fba327afd2ccf9596
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online
What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online
Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.
- Reviewed on
- 2026-10-26
- Reviewed version
- 2024-10-24T13:22:46+01:00
- Last checked
- 2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
- Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
c97340181ef278fa159ebd90b83d1f974cfc65dd3107bfb3379793aec044b7df- Official content identity
- 805a09d7-7542-41b7-aefe-1b0935777e49
- Official content digest (SHA-256)
48649d639b13916fb1950e252294ddcfb0016986359c01fe4842291a81faba96
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-academies-free-schools-and-colleges-should-publish-online
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