Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 35562

Drugs: Health Education

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure drug education is delivered effectively in private schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Independent schools have a statutory duty to teach personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, under the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014.Independent schools have discretion over how they teach health education, but th...

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