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1659670

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the involvement of parents in the education curriculum.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	198810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes and supports the work that many schools are doing tostrengthen parental engagement, for example through Parent Teacher Associations, to actively involve parents in supporting their child’s education.</p><p>Where schools decide to set homework, they should develop their own homework policies in consultation with staff, parents, pupils and governors. The Department does not determine how involved parents should be in the development of the school curriculum. Whilst parental support in pupils’ education is important, teachers are best placed to determine what support is needed and have the autonomy to decide how to involve parents.</p><p>The National Curriculum, which the Department reformed to set world class standards across all subjects, focusses on the key knowledge that schools should teach. Within a broad statutory framework, schools have considerable flexibility to organise the content and delivery of the curriculum to meet the needs of the majority of their pupils and to take account of new developments, societal changes or topical issues.</p><p>Academies and free schools have greater freedom and autonomy in how they operate for areas such as the curriculum, but they are expected to teach a curriculum that is comparable in breadth and ambition to the National Curriculum, and many choose to teach the full National Curriculum to achieve this.</p><p>In addition to meeting their statutory duties, schools are also free to include othersubjects or topics they deem relevant for their pupils, as part of the school’s wider curriculum.</p><p>It is important that every school has a well designed and well sequenced curriculum which ensures pupils acquire knowledge in a broad range of subjects and prepares them to specialise and succeed in further and higher education or training.</p><p>For maintained schools, the National Curriculum provides parents with an understanding of what their child can be expected to know at every stage in their school career. All schools have a duty to share information about their curriculum with parents. The Department has been very clear that schools should respond positively where parents request to see specific materials. On 31 March 2023, the Secretary of State wrote to all schools to set out that, under current arrangements, schools can and should share curriculum materials with parents.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2023 16:48:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1658451

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Secretary of State for Education to all members of the House of Lords on 24 August where she stated that "we’ve also seen some really encouraging trends in the subjects that pupils are choosing to study, with more students opting to take core academic subjects this year", how they define core "academic subjects"; and why they are so encouraged by the uptake of those subjects.
tabling member printed	Lord Hampton
uin	HL9887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Core academic subjects are defined as those that are included within the English Baccalaureate (EBacc). The EBacc is made up of English language and literature, mathematics, the sciences, including computer science, either history or geography, and a modern or ancient language.</p><p>The department is encouraged by the increased uptake in these core academic subjects because they are essential for many degrees, and they provide a sound basis for a variety of careers beyond the age of 16. In particular, they can enable pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to follow a curriculum which will give them similar post-16 options as their non-disadvantaged peers, fostering greater social mobility.</p><p>The EBacc’s core academic subjects provide a strong foundation for all pupils regardless of whether that want to take an academic, technical, or vocational route post-16.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 19/09/2023 13:36:13 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4951 label Biography information for Lord Hampton

1607927

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote awareness of the (a) Commonwealth of Nations, (b) Monarchy and (c) Commonwealth realms in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	174246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Topics relating to the Commonwealth and the Monarchy are covered within the citizenship curriculum. Citizenship is compulsory for maintained secondary schools, and all primary and secondary schools are encouraged to teach it as part of a broad and balanced curriculum.</p><p>Programmes of study for citizenship at Key Stages 3 and 4 include content on local, regional and international governance, and the UK’s relations with the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth, the United Nations and the wider world. They also cover the development of the political system of democratic government in the UK, including the roles of citizens, Parliament and the Monarch.</p><p>Primary schools can choose to teach citizenship. They are encouraged to follow the non-statutory framework for citizenship which includes opportunities for pupils to discuss topics of school, local, national, European, Commonwealth and global concern.</p><p>There is also scope within the history programmes of study for pupils to be taught about these topics, across Key Stages 1 to 3.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2023 12:56:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1581723

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statement made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, HL Deb 24 January 2022, vol 827, col 216 that her Department will send all schools a letter instructing them to show parents who request it the material their children are being taught, when she expects to send that letter.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	135371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department believes that the majority of schools use high quality, appropriate resources and engage with parents openly and transparently on what they plan to use.</p><p>The Department has been made aware of cases where this may not be the case. The Department will write to all schools to clarify how materials can be shared to enable schools to engage with parents. The Department will provide a specific date for the publication of this letter shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/02/2023 15:19:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1045462

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of non-curriculum activities on the teaching of the core curriculum in state schools in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL12998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The department has made no specific assessment on this matter as it is up to schools themselves to decide how to organise curricular and non-curricular activities.</p><p>All schools have to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. Ofsted is currently consulting on proposals for a new inspection framework which has a strong emphasis on curriculm, alongside a focus on pupils’ personal development and extra-curricular opportunities.</p><p>The attached table, taken from the School workforce in England 2017 publication, indicates that in state funded secondary schools the proportion of all teaching time spent on core subjects has increased.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/02/2019 17:11:48 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Hl12998_School_Workforce_Census_2017_Table_11.xls title HL12998_Head_count_of_qualified_teachers_table
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

1011252

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of what should be included in a balanced curriculum in (1) primary schools, and (2) secondary schools.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL11613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>All primary and secondary state funded schools are required by legislation and via academy funding agreements, to provide a broad and balanced curriculum which must promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development; and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.</p><p> </p><p>The quality of a school’s curriculum is considered as part of Ofsted’s inspections. Ofsted is currently reviewing its inspection arrangements, including its coverage of curriculum, and intends to consult on proposals for new inspection arrangements in January 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/11/2018 15:00:23 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German