Schools: Citizenship Education - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:06 pm on 29 June 2022.

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Photo of Baroness Barran Baroness Barran The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education 3:06, 29 June 2022

I understand that the context of the society in which we currently live, and of some of the issues around the world, make citizenship and that really strong grounding in our values as a nation incredibly important. On the noble Baroness’s specific points, evidence of citizenship education is considered at every inspection; whereas, if it were part of a national curriculum subject inspection, it would not be inspected in quite the same way. I point the House to the reforms that we have made to professional qualifications for teachers, particularly in relation to leadership, where there is a renewed emphasis on building a strong school ethos, leading in terms of behaviour and culture, and building character.