Drama: Education
Commons · Question 65775 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure children have access to drama education in schools.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 16 Jul 2025
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Drama is included in the current English national curriculum, compulsory up to age 16 (key stages 1 to 4). At key stage 4, all pupils in maintained schools have an ...