Question follow-through · 22772
History: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to decolonise the national curriculum.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to decolonise the national curriculum.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE.The terms of reference, which do not mention decolonisation, can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.serv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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