Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 105888

Religion: Curriculum

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will add Humanism to the Religious Education syllabus on the National Curriculum in England.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Religious education (RE) is not part of the national curriculum but is a mandatory subject for all pupils aged 5 to 18 in state-funded schools in England. Schools should deliver RE in an objective, critical and pluralistic way and already have the flexibi...

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