Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 105887

Schools: Collective Worship

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending compulsory collective worship in schools.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Collective worship remains an important part of school life, supporting pupils to reflect on the concept of belief and the role it plays in our country’s traditions and values.Schools in England already have flexibility in how they meet this requirement a...

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