Question follow-through · 54541
Geology: Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including geology in the Key Stage 3 curriculum, in the context of the Critical Minerals Strategy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including geology in the Key Stage 3 curriculum, in the context of the Critical Minerals Strategy.
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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5 Jun 2025
Answer published
The national curriculum in England provides a broad framework within which schools have the flexibility to develop the content of their own curricula. Topics related to geology can be taught within the geography and science curricula.The government has es...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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