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The Association for Citizenship Teaching is the subject association promoting excellence in Citizenship education.

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How can #PrimarySchools maintain a broad & balanced curriculum? Join the @HHCP_UCL conference on 19 Nov to explore the role of the arts & humanities in children's learning, with leading researchers, educators & authors: https://t.co/OQdkqWVZ5D

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Passionate about Citizenship education? We're hiring.

Education Partnerships & Projects Manager - part-time, hybrid, 12-month contract. Applications close 16 July 2026.

https://t.co/8ZOkD4hqmv

#CitizenshipEducation #EducationJobs #Hiring

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Ofsted's renewed inspection framework has raised expectations for Citizenship, placing it on an equal footing with other national curriculum subjects. Read our latest blog to find out what these inspection changes mean for your school: https://t.co/baO40eerFg

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Planning your Citizenship curriculum? ACT's 6-Lesson Scheme of Work template helps you map objectives, activities, differentiation and assessment all in one place. Download: https://t.co/SLZVByjdTv #CitizenshipEducation

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The Government has published a new Enrichment Framework for schools and colleges and civic engagement is one of five key areas schools should seek to provide opportunities in. https://t.co/EvRu1qixrb #Enrichment #CivicEngagement

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We're hiring!

We're looking for an Education Partnerships & Projects Manager to help champion Citizenship education nationally.

🕐 Part-time | Hybrid | 12-month contract

📅 Deadline: 16 July 2026

https://t.co/6Catu1tUV5

#CitizenshipEducation #EducationJobs #Hiring

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ACT's free #CitizenshipReviewTool helps you reflect on your practice across five key areas and get a personalised report with practical next steps - perfect planning ahead of curriculum reform.

Available for both Primary and Secondary schools: https://t.co/14P2iusQVk

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The Government's new Enrichment Framework puts civic engagement opportunities for students front and centre of what schools should be offering. ACT's ACTive Citizenship Toolkits are here to help schools put meaningful action in place. https://t.co/nkwSSLjMN1

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Planning your Citizenship curriculum for next year? ACT's Building a Better Citizenship Curriculum sets out 9 principles to help you review, refresh and strengthen your provision - perfect for a departmental planning session this term. https://t.co/gi6Bj5klgH

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@teachsteven Thank you so much for your session Steven - it was great!

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A great day reflecting on the importance & power of Citizenship in light of our ever changing world! Thank you to @ACitizenshipT for the opportunity to deliver a presentation.

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We hope that everyone who has joined us today is feeling inspired and has lots of practical takeaways to put into place straight away! We’d love to see your highlights, reflections and takeaways - keep sharing and tag #ACTCON26 so we can celebrate them with you.

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And that’s a wrap for #ACTCON26! Thank you to everyone who joined us today at the V&A and shared your ideas on how Citizenship education can respond to a changing world. Thank you also to our hosts at the @V_and_A and our sponsors of the day, @AQA

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“I hope you leave today, not only with practical ideas, new connections, but also renewed confidence about the future of Citizenship, education” Helen Blachford thanks all involved in #ACTCON26

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“If you want to have quality Citizenship education you have to go beyond the classroom. It starts with the discrete delivery but you have to ingrain it in the school community.” Nahyan Islam #ACTCON26

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Polly Haste of Ofsted announces changes to the inspection framework that see Citizenship inspected on a par with all other national curriculum subjects https://t.co/O8R2LdBWqv #ACTCON26

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“If we are not providing students the space in our classrooms, to have the confidence, to raise and discuss different narratives, to be challenged, and to come to a view where they can think that they’ve been heard and listened to, we are not doing our job” - Dr Shabna Begum

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“To teach Citizenship well, pupils need to feel that they’ve got a place within their community and that they have an opportunity to debate ideas that relate directly to their experience” - Dame Alison Peacock

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Our 2nd panel is live! With curriculum reform underway & primary Citizenship becoming statutory for the first time, the opportunities have never been greater. Our panel brings together voices from the education landscape to explore what it takes to turn policy into practice.

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ACT Chair of Trustees Helen Blachford helps delegates unpack the new Citizenship National Curriculum programme of study requirements, expectations and progression to GCSE Citizenship Studies #ACTCON26