Question follow-through · 75068
Literature: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Curriculum and Assessment Review will consider mandating a gender balance in the authors of texts students study for GCSE English Literature.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Curriculum and Assessment Review will consider mandating a gender balance in the authors of texts students study for GCSE English Literature.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Oct 2025
Answer published
The selection of set texts for examination in GCSE English Literature is down to the exam boards. Schools are given the freedom of choice to select works that fulfil the aims of the national curriculum for English Literature, which aims to ensure that all...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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