Editing Citizenship (section)

===United Kingdom===
Citizenship is offered as a [[General Certificate of Secondary Education]] (GCSE) course in many schools in the [[United Kingdom]]. As well as teaching knowledge about [[democracy]], parliament, government, the justice system, [[human rights]] and the UK's relations with the wider world, students participate in active citizenship, often involving a social action or social enterprise in their local community.
*Citizenship is a compulsory subject of the National Curriculum in state schools in [[England]] for all pupils aged 11–16. Some schools offer a qualification in this subject at [[GCSE]] and [[A level]]. All state schools have a statutory requirement to teach the subject, assess pupil attainment and report student's progress in citizenship to parents.<ref name=dfes>{{cite web
|url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship/
|title=National curriculum
|publisher=British Government, Department for Children, Schools and Families
|access-date=2009-02-02}}</ref>
*In [[Wales]] the model used is [[personal and social education]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://new.wales.gov.uk/publications/circular/circulars03/NAFWC132003?lang=en
|title=NAFWC 13/2003 Personal and Social Education (PSE) and Work-Related Education (WRE) in the Basic Curriculum. Education (WRE) in the Basic Curriculum.
|date=15 June 2003
|publisher=Welsh Assembly Government
|access-date=2007-06-09
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123122958/http://new.wales.gov.uk/publications/circular/circulars03/NAFWC132003?lang=en
|archive-date=23 November 2011
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/policy_strategy_and_planning/schools/339214-wag/key_documents/supporting_specific_groups/personal_social_education?lang=en
 |title        = Personal and Social Education Framework: Key Stages 1 to 4 in Wales
 |publisher    = Welsh Assembly Government
 |access-date   = 2007-06-09
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110504031644/http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/policy_strategy_and_planning/schools/339214-wag/key_documents/supporting_specific_groups/personal_social_education?lang=en
 |archive-date = 2011-05-04
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
*Citizenship is not taught as a discrete subject in [[Scotland|Scottish]] schools, but is a cross-curricular strand of the Curriculum for Excellence. However they do teach a subject called "Modern Studies" which covers the social, political and economic study of local, national and international issues.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.msa-scotland.co.uk/
|title=Modern Studies Association
|access-date=2007-08-09
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911231903/http://www.msa-scotland.co.uk/
|archive-date=2007-09-11
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
*Citizenship is taught as a standalone subject in all state [[Education in Northern Ireland|schools in Northern Ireland]] and most other schools in some forms from year 8 to 10 prior to [[GCSEs]]. Components of Citizenship are then also incorporated into GCSE courses such as 'Learning for Life and Work'.