Select committee: Education Committee
Conclusion 34
2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to Department for Education
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
If reading is to provide children with both mirrors of their own worlds and windows into the lives of others, the curriculum must be designed to support this. It is unacceptable that, in 2023, only 1.5% of students had studied a text by a writer of colour at GCSE, and we do not understand why the Curriculum and Assessment Review failed to address this crucial issue. (Conclusion, Paragraph 142)
From: Education Committee, 2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure (HC 150), 17 July 2026
Government response
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