Question follow-through · 10586

Culture and History: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a national curriculum which focuses on British (a) culture and (b) history in state-maintained secondary schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 22 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 24 Oct 2024
Answer: 29 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a national curriculum which focuses on British (a) culture and (b) history in state-maintained secondary schools.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, which is chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The terms of reference were published in July and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/grou...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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