Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 57447

Local History: Education

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support the teaching of local history in schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The national curriculum provides a broad framework within which schools have the flexibility to develop the content of their own curricula. Local history is a compulsory element of the history curriculum across key stages 1 to 3, enabling schools to explo...
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