Citizenship topics explained for parents
Citizenship is taught in Years 7 to 11 and covers how the UK is governed, the law, rights, community action and money. In Key Stage 3 children learn about Parliament, elections, the police and courts, and budgeting; in Key Stage 4 they move on to the constitution, voting systems, human rights, international bodies and pensions. Throughout, they practise weighing evidence, debating and taking part in their community.
Key Stage 3 citizenship
- Budgeting
- Citizens, Parliament and the monarch
- Courts and tribunals
- How UK democracy developed
- The functions and uses of money
- How Parliament works
- Improving communities
- Managing risk with money
- The role of political parties
- The precious liberties of UK citizens
- Public institutions
- Rights and responsibilities
- The role of the police
- The nature of rules and laws
- Voluntary groups and charities
- Voting and elections
Key Stage 4 citizenship
- The UN, Commonwealth and wider world
- Community volunteering
- Credit and debt
- Identities across the UK
- Electoral systems
- Executive, legislature, judiciary
- The role of a free press
- Holding power to account
- Human rights
- Improving your community
- Income and expenditure
- Influencing decisions
- How insurance works
- International law
- Law and complex problems
- Councils, mayors and devolution
- Mutual respect and understanding
- Non-democratic systems
- Democracy around the world
- How public money is raised and spent
- Savings, pensions and accounts
- Where laws come from
- The UK and Europe
- The UK constitution
- The legal system in the UK