Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 93926
Colonialism and Slavery: Education
Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the history of Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism is accurately and thoroughly taught in schools.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe history curriculum includes a statutory time period at key stage 3 titled “ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901” which includes the non-statutory example of Britain’s transatlantic slave trade. Due to the flexibility of the ...
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