Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools in offering Natural History GCSE.

It is for schools to choose the qualifications they offer at key stage 4, and for pupils to choose the qualifications they take. We have worked with stakeholders to develop content which is high-quality, rigorous, and which represents a worthwhile course of study. As it is finalised, the department will consider the delivery of the GCSE.

The public consultation on proposed subject content for a new natural history GCSE closed on 04 September, and we will consider this feedback carefully before finalising the subject content.