Curriculum: Information and Communications Technology

Education written question – answered at on 29 March 2011.

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Photo of Anna Soubry Anna Soubry Conservative, Broxtowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration he has given to the designation of information and communications technology as a core subject as part of his Department's curriculum review.

Photo of Nick Gibb Nick Gibb Minister of State (Education)

Our intention is to produce a new slimmed down national curriculum which sets out the essential knowledge that all children should acquire, and gives teachers greater flexibility to decide how to teach this most effectively and to design a wider school curriculum that best meets the needs of their pupils.

We have announced that the statutory core subjects-English, mathematics and science-will remain compulsory at all four key stages in future, along with physical education. For all other subjects, we believe it is right that there should be a debate about whether they should remain part of the national curriculum, with statutory programmes of study, or whether it should be for schools to decide the content of their courses in those subjects as well as the way they should be taught. The Government's national curriculum review panels are currently seeking views on these issues as part of its call for evidence for the review, and we will announce our proposals early next year. At that point there will be a further period of consultation before final decisions are taken.

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