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Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Increase diversity of the history curriculum

Closed 33 signatures

What the petition asks

We urge the Government to increase the cultural breadth of the National Curriculum for History. Students should study BAME histories to a level comparable with the proportion of European history taught.
It is limiting for children to be unaware history other than white male or European history. Further, reducing their learning about other cultures to slavery and MLK provides a distorted and limited world view. This is one of the many reasons we need to refresh the national school curriculum to better reflect modern Britain.

Timeline

30 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
30 May 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 33
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 30 Nov 2021
Closed 30 May 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.