Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 82718

Education: Standards

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making (a) critical thinking and (b) problem solving key competencies in the education system.

Answer

Georgia Gould
It is important that young people are equipped with the key knowledge and skills to adapt to a rapidly changing world.The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, which is evaluating the existing national curriculum and ...

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