Literature: Curriculum
Commons · Question 89885 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish guidance for schools on (a) responding to parental requests for the withdrawal of books from recommended reading lists and (b) the circumstances under which schools can remove books from tho
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 21 Nov 2025
The current National Curriculum requires teachers to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information. Following the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review on 5 November 2025, the department...