Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Georgia Gould and Cameron Thomas

Monday 1st December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Georgia Gould]

I am surprised that the Conservatives are continuing to attack this curriculum review when it has been broadly welcomed by businesses, by schools and by education leaders. Our response has also been broadly welcomed. The review strengthens standards, forms a new statutory year 8 reading test and improves access to triple science. It will engage young people who have fallen out of education. It includes a strong focus on standards and a focus on breadth—we want our young people to have both. The previous Government did not invest in the arts, and we are continuing to invest and rebuild in the arts in our curriculum.

[Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury) (LD)]

8. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of suspensions and exclusions among pupils with SEND.