Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 27959
School Libraries
Tabled: 31 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Paulette Hamilton
Labour — Birmingham 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 McKinnellSchool 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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