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	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect recent changes in the level of funding for schools on the diversity of curriculum choices in secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	234835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>There is no change in the Government’s curricular requirements of state funded schools. Maintained schools must follow the national curriculum and teach religious education (and sex and relationships education in secondary schools); while academies are required by their funding agreements to teach English, mathematics, science and religious education, as part of a broad and balanced curriculum.</p><p>The vast majority of school funding is given to schools through the Dedicated Schools Grant. Schools are free to choose how they spend this, and this includes decisions on the curriculum they offer, beyond the requirements set out above. The Department trusts schools and head teachers to spend their budgets in a way that achieves the best outcomes for pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/03/2019 16:52:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

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	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) creative subjects and (b) a choice of foreign languages are offered to all secondary school students.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	234836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>All state maintained secondary schools must teach art and design, music and a modern foreign language (MFL) to pupils at Key Stage 3 (pupils aged 11 – 14). Drama is taught as part of the English curriculum and dance is included in PE &amp; sport. At Key Stage 4 (pupils aged 14 – 16), there is a statutory entitlement for every pupil to take an arts subject and a MFL leading to a recognised qualification, if they wish to do so. Academies must teach a broad and balanced curriculum. Ofsted is also currently undertaking a consultation on its proposed new education inspection framework. The consultation runs until 5 April. Under its proposals, inspectors will assess the extent to which schools, including academies, are providing a broad and balanced curriculum for their pupils which helps them acquire knowledge, understanding and skills in all aspects of their education.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2016 and 2020 the Government is spending almost £500 million on a range of arts and cultural education programmes. The Department has also launched a £4.8 million MFL Pedagogy Pilot to support secondary schools in delivering a high quality languages education.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/03/2019 16:46:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes