Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to embed conservation and biodiversity issues within the school curriculum.

Topics related to climate change and sustainability already feature in the National Curriculum.

A Natural History GCSE will be introduced in 2025. Pupils will explore organisms and environments in more depth, gain knowledge and practical experience of fieldwork and develop a greater understanding of conservation.

The National Education Nature Park will provide educational opportunities for pupils to take part in citizen science and biodiversity monitoring. It will increase opportunities for all children and young people to spend time in nature, learn more about it and become actively involved in the improvement of their local environment.