{"id":351849,"date":"2026-06-12T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/natural-history-to-become-new-gcse\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:00:27","slug":"natural-history-to-become-new-gcse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/natural-history-to-become-new-gcse\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural history to become new GCSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CM026cgwX5E\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Natural history to become new GCSE\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CM026cgwX5E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Natural history is becoming a GCSE subject, a reporter Lewis Denison explains. <\/p>\n<p>He met Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and pupils from Hammersmith Academy at the Natural History Museum as part of the announcement. <\/p>\n<p>Biodiversity, conservation and human influences on the natural world among the topics of study in the new GCSE, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natural history is becoming a GCSE subject, a reporter Lewis Denison explains. 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