Guidance
Political impartiality in schools
Explains schools’ legal duties on political impartiality to help school leaders, teachers and other staff consider these in teaching and extra-curricular activities.
Applies to England
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This guidance is for all schools, including academies and independent schools. It does not cover early years settings, 16 to 19 academies. further education colleges or universities.
This guidance:
- supports those working with and in schools to understand the relevant legal duties
- helps schools understand what they need to consider when teaching about political issues, using external agencies and in extra-curricular activities
- clarifies the role of the specific bodies and individuals subject to the legal duties
It does not include any new statutory requirements and is based on existing legal duties on political impartiality.
Updates to this page
Published 17 February 2022
Last updated 21 March 2025
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The political impartiality in schools guidance has been updated to remove a foreword from The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi.
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First published.