#542: Natural History GCSE - why offer it?

There was a consultation before the long hiatus in the development of the GCSE Specification which will need to be approved by OFQUAL and go to consultation again.

These were some of the responses to the questionnaire back then...

I wonder whether these have changed in the intervening years...

#350: GCSE Natural History and the election - still waiting.

The status of the qualification is now in limbo as a result of the general election and a change of government.

I've already blogged about the possible impact of this earlier on this GCSE Natural History blog.

What did the political parties have to say on the matter of nature and natural history? There was little in the manifestos to link to the climate emergency or protecting biodiversity.

The new Environmental Secretary talked about the terrible state that some of our environment is in, and water companies have been fined for polluting the rivers - a starting point, assuming the fines come out of dividends for shareholders rather than being passed on to customers.

Will Labour continue with the GCSE Natural History project as part of their look at the curriculum?

There are a lot of unknowns here. Caroline Lucas, who was a big supporter, stepped down as an MP.

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