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Citizenship: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to reintroduce citizenship education to schools in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to reintroduce citizenship education to schools in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Citizenship education provides a framework to prepare pupils to be active, informed and responsible citizens. The national curriculum for citizenship is mandatory at key stages 3 and 4 and primary schools can choose to teach it. In secondary citizenship, ...

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