We have submitted evidence to the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into the EBacc to argue that Citizenship Studies, with its requirement for active citizenship, should be an essential inclusion in any broad and balanced measure of student attainment. Our evidence: IB, Welsh Bacc and England’s standing in the ICCS A ‘Baccalaureate’ is respected for a […]

On Wednesday the Commons Education Select Committee announced an inquiry into the English Baccalaureate and a call for evidence. It is very short, ending on 8 March. The Committee is inviting written evidence on: the purpose and benefits of the E-Bac and its value as a measure of pupil and school performance; the choice of […]

There’s only one week left to enter the Amnesty International, Guardian and SecEd competition to find this year’s Young Human Rights Reporters! Find out how to enter and get supporting materials for older and younger pupils on Amnesty International UK’s education pages.

Democratic Life member Lee Jerome writes to Graham Holley of the TDA querying the apparent lack of training places for citizenship teachers in 2011/12, following a letter from Michael Gove outlining the allocations for the coming year. 2nd February 2011 Re: Allocation of secondary training places for 2011-12 Dear Mr Holley Michael Gove’s letter of […]

On Monday, 31 January, a Democratic Life delegation – led by David Blunkett MP – met with the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, to discuss the review of the National Curriculum and citizenship education’s future. We presented a robust case for citizenship education’s contribution to schools and communities and the positive impacts […]

This morning the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, took to the airwaves to announce the launch of a review of the National Curriculum. Speaking on the Today programme, Mr Gove said that he wants to see a system which does not tell teachers ‘how to teach, it tells them what to teach.’ […]

In an article in today’s Guardian, Chris Waller from the Association for Citizenship Teaching and Andy Thornton, Chief Executive of the Citizenship Foundation, both argue that losing citizenship education from England’s National Curriculum would be a retrograde step that would negatively impact on young people’s political literacy. Also speaking to the Guardian, David Blunkett said: […]

Students from Biddenham International School and Sports College decided to add to the Democratic Life campaign by giving their own testimonies about why they feel that citizenship education is essential to the curriculum. They wrote letters in support of keeping citizenship education in the curriculum and in their own way described how it is important […]