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Written question asked by Baroness Grey-Thompson (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 December 2025. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Literacy: Curriculum

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote multimodal literacy as part of the new curriculum rollout.

Answer

This government’s ambition is for every child and young person to receive a rich, broad, inclusive and innovative education.

The department agrees with the Curriculum and Assessment Review that building the skills for young people to critically engage with and assess information from a range of sources, including multi-modal texts, is increasingly important.

The reformed English programme of study and English language GCSE will expose students to the study of a wider range of text types and genres, including transient texts, supporting them to analyse and challenge arguments, building media literacy.

Media literacy is an increasingly important skill to enable young people to identify “fake news” and to spot different types of mis- and disinformation, especially online.

Secure, well-founded knowledge is essential for students to understand how arguments are constructed across different types of media and to recognise the various ways in which language can be used to persuade.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12030
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Curriculum Literacy
Link
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