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May 23, 2025
The Fenlands - a unique and ecologically vital landscape in East Anglia - offer an exceptional opportunity to bring sustainability and place-based learning into UK classrooms. As the Department for Education reviews how to embed climate and nature education across subjects, our friends over at Fens for Kids explain why it’s crucial the Fenlands are included.
May 22, 2025
“People in the real world are disgusted by the Energy Secretary’s obsessive pursuit of net zero” , said John Lamont MP, Conservative member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk at Prime Minister's questions on 14th May. But what gives? Five years ago, tackling the climate crisis was a common consensus shared by all mainstream political parties, yet the last month has come to show that this is no longer the case, but why is this and what can we do to stop it?
March 26, 2025
On March 26th, the government announced its Spring Budget, setting out its economic priorities for the coming year. With education funding under pressure and climate action still an urgent necessity, many had hoped to see increased investment in climate education. However, the budget falls short of delivering the comprehensive support needed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required for a sustainable future.
March 25, 2025
On Friday, the government announced that they would be going ahead with the Natural History GCSE, a great step towards embedding climate and nature into the curriculum and young people’s lives. But while this is an achievement worth celebrating, it’s not the end of the journey.
March 19, 2025
Whilst sustainability and climate science is briefly mentioned in the Curriculum and Assessment Review's interim report, it is disappointingly lacking substance.
March 10, 2025
Report on how best to embed sustainability into the education system aligns closely with Teach The Future’s own advocacy.
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February 20, 2025
As part of the Paris Agreements, each nation is required to produce a ‘Nationally Determined Contribution’ outlining how they plan to meet their climate action targets. These are updated every 5 years and the UK government recently published theirs, which is an exciting step forward in terms of climate education pledges, with some of the most direct references to its importance from government policy to date. Here’s a bit more information on what has been committed to!
February 11, 2025
The Shadow curriculum and assessment review panel's interim report shows that concerns around climate education is a prevalent issue for young people.
December 23, 2024
Earlier this month, the Department of Education (DfE) published a report on recent school leavers’ climate literacy and the results show one thing - climate and nature education reform is imperative.
December 12, 2024
From the seed of an idea sparked by our Teach the Future volunteers, the Shadow CAR is here, and we're excited to announce our amazing panellists! Meet them in this blog.
December 2, 2024
The Youth Shadow Panel is inviting children and young people across England to share your views on your experience of school or college.
November 20, 2024
We’ve come up with the idea to run a youth-led Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review, supported by some incredible youth-led organisations.