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Citizenship: GCSE

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 22 May 2026UIN 1385

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of uptake of Citizenship GCSE in secondary schools over the last five years.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Uptake of the GCSE in Citizenship Studies has been fairly consistent over the last five years. The table below shows entry figures for England since 2021:

GCSE (Full Course) Summer Citizenship Studies entries (England only)

Subject

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Citizenship Studies

20,211

21,393

21,765

20,743

20,949

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