Question follow-through · 104764

Citizenship: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national curriculum in teaching British values.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
14 Jan 2026
Answer
20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national curriculum in teaching British values.

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    All schools are expected to actively promote fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs.Schools are free to include a full range of issues, ideas...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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