The last five years have seen significant changes in the school curriculum.
These have included the successful introduction of the new AS level Science for Public Understanding and the establishment of Citizenship Education for 9 to 16 year olds. These changes have resulted in a higher profile in schools for the issue of the use of laboratory animals in medical research.

In addition, both primary and secondary level teachers are including this issue in PSHE, Citizenship and Science lessons. At primary schools it is increasingly being included in Literacy lessons where it provides a basis for work on listening, narrative styles, report writing, debate, headline writing, characters emotional and personal viewpoints and factual analysis (among others).