Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to make available to maintained secondary schools in England the resources, particularly the facilities and teacher training, to develop in their pupils the self confidence, character capabilities, and personal and interpersonal skills they will need as they move into adult life.

The Government wants to support schools and teachers to ensure their pupils leave with the skills and character attributes needed to succeed in education and employment, and to ensure they are prepared for life in modern Britain. We know that many schools already help build character in a number of ways, so we have launched a national awards scheme to recognise and share existing excellence in this area. The Department for Education has also offered up to £3.5 million in grant funding to develop new, innovative approaches and enable successful initiatives to expand. We have made £1 million available to the Education Endowment Foundation to increase research into the most effective ways of integrating character development into education. We have also launched the Character Awards[1] to recognise and share good practice.

[1] www.gov.uk/government/news/dfe-character-awards-application-window-now-open