86%

Learnt about the Tudors

72.5%

Learnt about the Great Fire of London

9.9%

Learnt about the role of slavery in the British Industrial Revolution

7.9%

Learnt about the colonisation of Africa

RESPONSES: 56,467

(All results as of March 1st, 2021)

Demographic

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Results

Responders who learnt about The Battle of Hastings at school72.3%

Responders who learnt about The Battle of Hastings at school

72.3%

Responders who learnt about the British Colonisation of America at school14.8%

Responders who learnt about the British Colonisation of America at school

14.8%

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Question:

The national curriculum for history aims to ensure that all pupils: "gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’". During discussions of the British Empire in school, to what extent was the role of slavery discussed?

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