Evolution will be a compulsory element of scientific and technological understanding, one of the six areas of learning proposed by Sir Jim Rose's review (News, 6 May).
The amendment follows protests from scientists and humanists. More than 500 people signed a petition on the Downing Street website calling for evolution and Darwin's theory of natural selection to be included in the new primary curriculum.
A second change is to make British history a key feature in the teaching of historical, geographical and social understanding.
All seven-year-olds will also learn a foreign language. Arranging the curriculum in six areas of learning rather than stand-alone subjects is intended to give teachers more freedom and flexibility about how they teach.
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