Politics: Curriculum
Commons · Question 40044 · Tabled 20 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including political education in the national curriculum.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 28 Mar 2025
For secondary schools, democracy and politics is currently taught through the national curriculum for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4, which covers parliamentary democracy, the key elements of the constitution of the United Kingdom, the power of governm...