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Food: Curriculum

Commons · Question 91256 · Tabled 14 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

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Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the National Curriculum adequately covers a) practical skills related to basic food preparation and nutrition and b) education on the origins of food and agric

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 21 Nov 2025

Food education is covered primarily within design and technology, and elements of food education can also be covered across biology, geography and relationships, sex and health education in the national curriculum. The curriculum requires that pupils lear...