Include more modern and diverse authors in the GCSE English curriculum
I want the Government to review the old existing texts and plays and to include some authors written by women and people who come from a diverse background. One report suggested 1% of GCSE students have studied a book written by an author of colour.
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Include more modern and diverse authors in the GCSE English curriculum
I want the Government to review the old existing texts and plays and to include some authors written by women and people who come from a diverse background. One report suggested 1% of GCSE students have studied a book written by an author of colour.
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Add Welsh, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic languages to English national curriculum
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