Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to promote British heritage in the national curriculum.

Following the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review we are revising the national curriculum. We will publicly consult from summer 2026, and fully implement the new full national curriculum for first teaching from September 2028.

Our refreshed national curriculum will strengthen pupils’ understanding of British heritage, particularly through a robust understanding of our nation’s history, through teaching of our fundamental British values in citizenship, and in English through drawing on a recognised body of English literature.

We will support teachers to draw on content that meets the needs of their pupils and embodies a modern and forward-looking Britain.