Schools: Antisemitism
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to mandate antisemitism awareness education for (a) children and (b) teachers.
Answered by Georgia Gould
There is no place for antisemitism in our society.
The Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within the national curriculum for history at key stage 3. Teaching about antisemitism is integral to teaching this event. There are other opportunities in the curriculum for schools to teach about antisemitism, including through citizenship, relationships and religious education.
The department supports teachers through our Educate Against Hate website, which provides teachers with a range of free, quality-assured resources, including on building resilience to antisemitism, teaching about tolerance and rejecting discrimination.
The department has committed £7 million to fund projects and programmes to improve confidence and resilience in tackling antisemitism in education.
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