Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 23087

Media and Politics: Curriculum

Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the integration of (a) political and (b) media literacy into school curriculums.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Political and media literacy are currently taught through the national curriculum for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4, which covers parliamentary democracy, the power of government, and how citizens and Parliament hold government to account. It also equ...
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