Local History: Education
Commons · Question 57447 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support the teaching of local history in schools.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 13 Jun 2025
The national curriculum provides a broad framework within which schools have the flexibility to develop the content of their own curricula. Local history is a compulsory element of the history curriculum across key stages 1 to 3, enabling schools to explo...