Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Citizenship GCSE on preparing young people for democratic participation and civic life.

Teaching about democracy already forms a central part of the national curriculum for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4 and can be taught as a non-statutory topic in primary schools. We will consider the future content of Citizenship Studies GCSE going forward.

Following the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review recommendations, we committed to make citizenship compulsory in primary schools to ensure all pupils receive an essential grounding in a range of topics including democracy, government and law. The new national curriculum will be taught from September 2028.