ICT will be replaced with computer programming, so that children from Key Stage 1 upwards are able to learn how to create their own computer programmes.
The new national curriculum framework also places a greater emphasis on vocabulary development and more flexibility for primary schools in the choice of foreign languages they teach.
Primary school children will also be taught about evolution.
However, the new national curriculum only applies to state schools in England and academies and free schools can choose not to follow it.
Education secretary Michael Gove said the curriculum would provide ‘a rigorous basis for teaching, provides a benchmark for all schools to improve their performance, and gives children and parents a better guarantee that every student will acquire the knowledge to succeed in the modern world.’
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