Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to incorporate road safety education into the national primary school curriculum.

Primary and secondary schools are free to teach about road safety as part of their duty to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, and many do so through their personal, social, health and economic education provision, alongside the statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) content. Schools can draw on resources available from many providers, including the THINK! Campaign developed by the Department for Transport.

The department is currently reviewing the statutory RSHE curriculum for primary and secondary pupils and is analysing consultation responses, talking to stakeholders and considering relevant evidence before setting out next steps.