Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport is integrated into Physical Education and PSHE curricula.

Following the government’s response to the Independent Curriculum and Assessment Review in November 2025, the department is strengthening the national curriculum, including in science and physical education.

Pupils develop underpinning knowledge of energy transfer during physical activity, nutrition, and how food is converted into energy for movement through the science curriculum. Physical education and relationships, sex and health education build on this by providing opportunities to apply and deepen this knowledge, helping to secure pupils’ learning.

Work is underway to refresh the curriculum in line with the Review’s recommendations, working closely with subject experts. The department will publish the revised national curriculum in 2027 for first teaching in 2028 and will support schools to implement the changes. There will be an opportunity to provide views on the proposed content through a public consultation on draft programmes of study later this year.