Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands, what steps his Department is taking to educate students on the importance of the anniversary of that event.

The history curriculum gives teachers and schools the freedom and flexibility to use specific examples from history to teach pupils about the history of Britain and the wider world, this can include the Falklands War. Schools and teachers themselves can determine which examples, topics and resources to use to stimulate and challenge pupils and reflect key points in history. They can also use specific historical anniversaries in their teaching.

Additionally, there is scope within the citizenship curriculum to highlight relevant key historical events. Through citizenship, which is part of the national curriculum at key stages 3 and 4, pupils learn about the key elements of the constitution of the United Kingdom and its relations with the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth, the United Nations and the wider world. The subject helps to prepare pupils to play a full and active part in society and teaches them how to explore political and social issues critically, to weigh up evidence, to debate and to make reasoned arguments. As with other aspects of the curriculum, schools have flexibility over how they deliver these subjects, so they can develop an integrated approach that is sensitive to the needs and background of their pupils.

Additionally, schools will often mark anniversaries and events in time outside lessons, such as in assemblies.