Democratic Life would like to thank everyone who responded to the DFE consultation on the proposed secondary curriculum. We know well over a hundred of you used our handy response form and many others have told us they have submitted responses by email. Thank you for taking the time to make your views known about […]

Democratic Life is urging everyone to respond to the DFE consultation on proposals for the secondary National Curriculum. We have made it easy for you by creating a handy form. It is pre-filled with our response, which you can leave in, edit or replace. When you click ‘Send’, it goes straight to the Department for […]

Democratic Life’s campaign has hit the headlines again this week, with a feature in free education news publication SecEd. The article highlights the success of our work together so far and that there is still more to do to. You can help us improve the DFE draft programmes of study which are out for consultation […]

The former Education Minister and peer, Andrew Adonis made a passionate speech in the House of Lords debate on votes at 16 last month, highlighting why education and democracy go hand in hand and why he believes Citizenship education is so important. Lord Adonis said in his speech, It was Aristotle who said: “We are […]

Democratic Life would like to thank you for your support in securing Citizenship in the secondary National Curriculum. This is a significant achievement. However, there is more work to do to ensure the new curriculum is the best it can be. We still need your help! The announcement made in the House of Commons on […]

Democratic Life is delighted that Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education has confirmed citizenship will continue as a National Curriculum foundation subject in secondary schools. The announcement made in the House of Commons signals this government is committed to citizenship as a curriculum subject that every child, in every school must be taught. Responding […]

David Blunkett MP opened the North of England Education Conference in Sheffield this week by calling on Head teachers and governors to rise above the current politicisation of education and demand high quality Citizenship in their schools. In his speech David Blunkett, who is President of the North of England Education Conference 2013 (twitter #NEEC2013), […]

Democratic Life is delighted to have been accepted as a partner in Parliament Week, an initiative to build greater awareness of, and engagement with parliamentary democracy in the UK. Our supporting organisations have a range of events and resources to support learning about democracy and parliament and there is more on the Parliament Week website. […]

Great news for teachers and others as Democratic Life supporter the Five Nations Network launches a new round of funding for Citizenship projects. The Five Nations Network is encouraging teachers and others to apply for small grants to undertake action research projects into Citizenship and values education. Applicants will need to ensure their projects meet […]

Today the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) has launched a teacher survey to find out about the state of Citizenship education in schools across England. In particular the Association is keen to hear from teachers about the impact of the Ebacc on GCSE Citizenship Studies and the effects of the government’s National Curriculum review on […]