Question follow-through · 107445
Religion: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including humanism as part of the national curriculum on religious education.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including humanism as part of the national curriculum on religious education.
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2026
Answer published
The department recognises that non-religious worldviews, including humanism, can play an important role in supporting pupils’ understanding of beliefs and values. Religious education (RE) is not part of the national curriculum but is a mandatory subject f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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