What is Citizenship?

Citizenship is a National Curriculum subject originally defined by the Crick Report.
Click here to download the original report. It also reflects the aims of the National Curriculum. These are stated in section 351 of the Education Act 1996, which requires that all maintained schools provide a balanced and broadly based curriculum that:

• promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society
• prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

Click here for a page about the aims and values of the National Curriculum.
Citizenship also addresses the issue of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which requires that children learn about their rights.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) have webpages that breakdown what 'Citizenship' means at different key stages, click here

Citizenship Curriculum

Support for delivering Citizenship

The Association of Citizenship Teachers is the professional membership body, it networks and support practitioners with a website, events and a magazine,
click here

Active Global Citizenship

For support, documents and online activities visit the growing Global Site on London Grid for Learning, click here. To see the documents published on Global Citizenship, what it is and how it fits into the curriculum, go to the top tab ‘Overview’.

Integrate Global Citizenship with Your School Council

You can get your school children debating and voting on local and global issues and the relationship between the school council, their voice and action by having the school council create its own constitution, using the whole school, and then start creating policy statements. See online support under ‘highlights’, click here

Development and Citizenship

How does the UK government help development around the world? What is the Department for International Development? What should it fund? How can your students input into a government consultation? How can your students take part in a debate and work with schools around London. See ‘What should we fund?’ under 'highlights',
click here

Find out the Key Concepts