Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of promoting more project-based learning in schools.

Education is a devolved matter and the response outlines the information for England only.

The Department has no plans to promote project based teaching in schools.

Every child should benefit from a broad, ambitious, knowledge-rich curriculum, taught by highly skilled teachers. The Department is committed to evidence based teaching and has recently re-endowed the Education Endowment Foundation with £137 million to research and fund innovative approaches to improve teaching in schools, nurseries, and colleges. Their approaches are aimed at improving educational outcomes, especially for disadvantaged children and young people.

This supports teachers to make evidence led decisions and choose interventions that they know are effective and appropriate for their pupils. Schools can also refer to the Oak National Academy and the network of subject hubs for support with teaching an evidenced based curriculum.