To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hours per week foundation subjects have been taught in primary schools in each year since 2010.
Answered on
12 February 2019
The information requested is not held centrally.
Some information, however, is available in the Omnibus Survey, 2017. This showed that at primary school level, the amount of time spent teaching arts subjects is broadly similar to those spent teaching history and geography. The figures from the Omnibus Survey, 2017, are shown in the table below, and the full report is attached.
Approximately how many minutes of teaching time do you spend in the average week on the following curriculum subjects? All Key Stages Summary table | |
Minutes spent on curriculum subject-specific lessons | |
Subject | Median |
English | 300 |
Maths | 300 |
Physical Education | 90 |
Science | 60 |
Computing | 45 |
Art and Design | 30 |
History | 30 |
Music | 30 |
Geography | 30 |
Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) | 30 |
Design and Technology | 30 |
Languages | 20 |
N=469 | |
This question has been filtered to a subset of respondents. | |
Source: Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey May 2016 and Senior Leader booster June 2016. | |