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History: Curriculum

Commons · Question 73564 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 3 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the role of agricultural workers in wartime Britain as part of the national curriculum on WWII history.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Oct 2025

The national curriculum provides a broad framework within which schools have the flexibility to develop the content of their own curricula. The role of agricultural workers in wartime Britain can already be taught within the history curriculum.The governm...