Abstract: Based on a brief introduction of the national curriculum for England promulgated in 2013, this article analyzes the contents and features of the physical education programs, showing that the difficulty of the three core subjects have been increased with the contents of the basic courses such as physical education and so on highlighted. Schools and teachers are entitled to more autonomous right and more attention has been given to inclusive education. Physical education outlines have been witnessed with the characteristics of the simplification of contents, the continuity of the traditional dominant events sports presented continuity, the increased flexibility of curriculum implementation with more right given to schools, the emphasis on school-based evaluation and its feedback. In addition, the concepts and ideas of England’s national curriculum standard, such as the feedback mechanism of inclusive education and its course evaluation, etc, can provide reference for China’s reform of its compulsory education.

Key words: the UK, physical education programs, primary and secondary schools