ABSTRACT
This chapter describes, first, how citizenship came into the secondary school curriculum and,
second, how it has developed and continues as a statutory subject in the revised secondary
National Curriculum for England. The development of the citizenship curriculum is in part
linked with the development of personal, social, health education (PSHE). Questions about
the nature and purpose of both these areas in the school curriculum arose following the
first National Curriculum for England. How they were resolved has shaped the content and
support for the citizenship curriculum in recent years and today. In 2014 the third iteration
of the citizenship curriculum became statutory, securing its position as a subject within the
National Curriculum for England.
