Question follow-through · 23019
British Empire: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to schools and local education authorities on the teaching around the British Empire in the National Curriculum.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to schools and local education authorities on the teaching around the British Empire in the National Curriculum.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jan 2025
Answer published
The national curriculum for history for key stages 1 to 3 includes references to the British Empire and gives teachers and schools the flexibility to use specific examples to teach pupils about the history of Britain and the wider world.The British Empire...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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