Question follow-through · 4140
Schools: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to link the school curriculum with skills needed in the workplace.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to link the school curriculum with skills needed in the workplace.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, which will be chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The review will seek to deliver a curriculum that ensures children and young people leave compulso...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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