Cultural Heritage: Education
(asked on 13th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many schools engaged with Historic England’s Heritage Schools Programme in each region in the most recent academic year for which data is available.
The most recent academic year for which DCMS holds data is September 2023 - July 2024. 582 schools have engaged with Historic England’s Heritage Schools Programme, with approximately 116,400 children participating.
The regional breakdown is as follows:
Region | No. of schools | Approx. no. of children benefitting |
East | 90 | 18,000 |
Midlands | 221 | 44,200 |
North East & Yorkshire | 135 | 27,000 |
North West | 48 | 9,600 |
South West | 88 | 17,600 |
Total | 582 | 116,400 |
There was no delivery in London and the South East in the 2023-24 academic year, however Historic England are supporting Surrey Museums to run a Heritage Schools programme in their area this year.