Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they adjust the schools curriculum to meet the needs of areas with a high number of immigrants.

Maintained schools in England are legally required to follow the National Curriculum as a piece of statutory guidance.

Within a broad statutory framework, schools have considerable flexibility to organise the content and delivery of the curriculum to meet the needs of their pupils.

In addition to meeting their statutory duties, schools are also free to include additional subjects or topics they deem relevant for their pupils, as part of the school’s wider curriculum.

Academies and free schools have greater freedom and autonomy in how they operate for areas such as the curriculum, but they are expected to teach a curriculum that is comparable in breadth and ambition to the National Curriculum.