Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 72640

Citizenship: Curriculum

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to reintroduce citizenship education to schools in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Citizenship education provides a framework to prepare pupils to be active, informed and responsible citizens. The national curriculum for citizenship is mandatory at key stages 3 and 4 and primary schools can choose to teach it. In secondary citizenship, ...

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