Select Committee · Women and Equalities Committee

Black history and cultural diversity in the curriculum

Status: Closed Opened: 27 Oct 2020 Closed: 1 May 2024

The Petitions Committee has recently received a number of petitions relating to Black History and ethnic and cultural diversity in the national curriculum, including “ Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum ”, which has received over 267,000 signatures to date. Ahead of scheduling a debate on these petitions, the Committee …

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
25 Feb 2021 Andrew McCully · Department for Education, Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP · Department for Education View ↗
18 Nov 2020 Allana Gay · BAMEed Network, Caroline Wright · British Educational Suppliers Association, Dr Christine Callender · UCL Institute of Education, Dr Marlon Moncrieffe · School of Education, University of Brighton, Emily Miller · Migration Museum, Lucy Stokes · National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Professor Claire Alexander · University of Manchester View ↗
5 Nov 2020 Cynthia Muthoni, petition creator · Member of Public, Dr Katharine Burn · Historical Association, Eleshea Williams · The Black Curriculum, Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, petition creator · Member of Public, Nell Bevan, petition creator · Member of Public, Prof Rhiannon Turner · Queen's University Belfast, Rosamund McNeil · National Education Union, Yacoub Yasin, petition creator · Member of Public View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
27 Apr 2021 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for School Standards
17 Nov 2020 To cttee Letter from the EHRC to the Chair regarding Black history and cultural diversit…