Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 27959

School Libraries

Tabled: 31 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Paulette Hamilton

LabourBirmingham Erdington

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on adding the collection of school library data to the school census.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
School libraries complement public libraries by giving pupils access to a range of books and other kinds of texts, both in and out of school. The national curriculum states that teachers are expected to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading wid...

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