Question follow-through · 74086
Cheerleading: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider adding cheerleading as an approved (a) sport and (b) activity which can be assessed for GCSE Physical Education qualifications.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider adding cheerleading as an approved (a) sport and (b) activity which can be assessed for GCSE Physical Education qualifications.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2025
Answer published
Cheerleading was recognised as a sport by the Home Nations Sport Councils in December last year.It is not part of the current GCSE activity list, which was last reviewed in 2018. The department and awarding organisations developed a set of five key consid...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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