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Written question asked by Matt Bishop (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 November 2025. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Friday, 28 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Digital Technology and Media: Curriculum

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that schools and teachers are well supported to deliver effective media and digital literacy education in the new curriculum.

Answer

Following the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review’s final report on 5 November, the department will update the national curriculum to prepare young people for life and work in a changing world, including media and digital literacy. Content will be shaped through expert engagement, with a public consultation on draft proposals next year.

To support schools and teachers, we will provide high quality, free digital resources through Oak National Academy (Oak) and curriculum support through our National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE). Oak will help schools to understand and implement changes, reducing teacher workload.

Currently, media literacy is taught through citizenship, relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) and computing, whilst digital literacy is addressed in computing and RSHE. To support teachers now, Oak provides adaptable resources for computing and citizenship, the Educate Against Hate website offers media literacy materials to counter extremist narratives and the NCCE delivers free courses on digital literacy and artificial intelligence.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
93158
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Curriculum Digital technology Media
Link
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