Question follow-through · 104544
Schools: Political Impartiality
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure schools adequately respond to accusations of political bias.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure schools adequately respond to accusations of political bias.
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
School leaders and staff have a responsibility to ensure that they act in accordance with their duties on political impartiality. When political issues are discussed, schools must offer pupils a balanced presentation of opposing views and should not prese...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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