How much the price for inclusion in the English secondary history curriculum?

In response to written questions from Parliament’s Petition Committee on 9 March 2021, the then Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb MP, made it clear that there was no plan to make the secondary school curriculum in England more inclusive. Gibb asserted that teaching the curriculum and resources are the concern of schools, and that, regarding the history curriculum, teachers appeared to be ‘responding directly to the renewed attention on history teaching’. His reply came one month after the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED), which recommended that four themes – ‘build trust’, ‘promote fairness’, ‘create agency’ and ‘achieve inclusivity’ – be employed to tackle the socio-economic gaps experienced by some British ethnic minorities (CRED, 2021). The last three themes rely upon education as a core component for reducing racial inequality, bolstered by additional targeted funding, extending the school day, adopting an inclusive (whole) curriculum, and more resources.