Education

#MENE2608631AFrance Sets New PE and History-Geography Curricula for Primary and Lower Secondary Cycles

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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This order sets new teaching programs for physical education and sports, as well as history-geography, for France’s cycle 2 and cycle 3 school years. It affects primary schools and the first year of lower secondary school, including CP, CE1, CE2, CM1, CM2, and sixth grade. The new programs replace the relevant parts of the 2015 curriculum. They will start applying in stages: from the 2026-2027 school year for CP and CM1, and from the 2027-2028 school year for CE1, CE2, CM2, and sixth grade. Schools, teachers, publishers, and education authorities will need to prepare teaching materials and planning around the new schedules.

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Key Changes

  • Sets new teaching programs for physical education and sports in cycles 2 and 3
  • Sets new teaching programs for history-geography and related space-and-time learning areas
  • Repeals the corresponding 2015 curriculum sections and introduces the new programs in two school-year phases

Obligations

What this law requires

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Apply the new physical education and sports teaching program and the new history-geography-related program set out in the annexes for cycle 2 and cycle 3 classes covered by the order.

primary schoolslower secondary schoolsteacherseducation authorities
From the 2026-2027 school year for CP and CM1; from the 2027-2028 school year for CE1, CE2, CM2 and sixth grade
operational
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Stop applying the superseded 2015 curriculum provisions relating to physical education and sports, “Questionner le monde - Questionner l'espace et le temps,” and history-geography for the affected cycle 2 and cycle 3 classes once the new programs enter into force.

primary schoolslower secondary schoolsteacherseducation authorities
From the applicable staged entry dates: 2026-2027 school year for CP and CM1; 2027-2028 school year for CE1, CE2, CM2 and sixth grade
operational

Affected Parties

Primary schools and lower secondary schoolsTeachers and school administrators+2 more…

Tags

curriculum,primary education,physical education