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Teaching Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to diversify teaching styles within traditional school settings.

answeredCameron ThomasDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
19 Jun 2026 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to diversify teaching styles within traditional school settings.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Schools and teachers have the professional autonomy to decide their approach to teaching, provided they demonstrate the Teachers’ Standards.The in-school factor which makes the biggest difference to pupil outcomes is the quality of teaching. Therefore, th...

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