Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 40044

Politics: Curriculum

Tabled: 20 March 2025

Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Andrew Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including political education in the national curriculum.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

For secondary schools, democracy and politics is currently taught through the national curriculum for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4, which covers parliamentary democracy, the key elements of the constitution of the United Kingdom, the power of governm...

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