Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 73564

History: Curriculum

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 3 October 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the role of agricultural workers in wartime Britain as part of the national curriculum on WWII history.

Answer

Georgia Gould

The national curriculum provides a broad framework within which schools have the flexibility to develop the content of their own curricula. The role of agricultural workers in wartime Britain can already be taught within the history curriculum.The governm...

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