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Academies: Curriculum

Question for Department for Education

UIN 20305, tabled on 15 December 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school academies do not follow the national curriculum.

Answered on

21 December 2015

The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of academies that do not follow the national curriculum.


Academies are not required to follow the national curriculum, but must teach a broad and balanced curriculum that includes English, mathematics, science and religious education.