Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 14155

Bereavement Counselling and Death: Curriculum

Tabled: 13 November 2024

Answered: 18 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Sojan Joseph

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including lessons on death and bereavement in the National Curriculum.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

The department wants to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe, and to equip them for adult life so they achieve and thrive. The statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance makes clear that teachers should b...

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