Multi-academy Trusts: Regulation
Commons · Question 84808 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what oversight her Department exercises over academy trusts that invite external speakers to address pupils on politically sensitive issues.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Nov 2025
Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...