Report challenges Minister’s claim of ‘stable’ arts GCSE takeup
An analysis of the Department for Education’s own figures finds that since 2014, the proportion of students taking music GCS…
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Exclusive: Music A level denied to ever more students
A student’s academic ability and the wealth of their parents are key indicators of the likelihood that they will get the cha…
How did we get here?
The over-hyping of projects, initiatives and schemes really grates at a time when creative education in schools is being systemati…
Making Hull’s impact last
Hull’s year as UK City of Culture may be over, but a partnership between the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the University…
Primary schools lament decline in arts provision
A new report calls for an arts education premium for every primary school to address worsening lesson quality and offer opportunit…
Government aims to increase music take-up with new model curriculum
Schools Minister Nick Gibb says that the key to increasing the number of music GCSE entries is to improve the quality of lessons f…
Universities challenge call for fewer creative arts degrees
Claims by the Onward thinktank that young people should be steered away from “low value” degrees because they leave ta…
In celebration of a continent
Kwame Bakoji-Hume explains how sharing knowledge of African culture through school workshops can shine a light on important contem…
Concerns mount over T Level burden on arts organisations
The new qualification will be available from 2022/23, offering students who do not want to take A Levels a choice between pathways…
Is there a music education crisis?
Secondary schools have been subject to cutbacks in music education, but we shouldn't lose sight of the many recent successes a…
Review highlights evidence of class bias in arts funding
The tendency for people from higher social grades to be more likely to attend arts events is down to a mismatch between current fu…
Jobs demanding ‘creativity’ most likely to grow in next decade, research finds
The first piece of research from the AHRC-backed Policy and Evidence Centre says that creative attributes are a better predictor o…
Measure breadth of curriculum to protect arts education, MPs urged
An acclaimed headteacher said that ringfenced funding for arts subjects will amount to ‘throwing money down the hole’…
The art of management
Artists are using their creative insight to advise business on strategies and methods of production. Catherine Morel and Philippe…
Advice on arts A Levels is not Government’s business, says minister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Education Lord Agnew said that arguments for music to be viewed as a ‘facilitating s…
Report calls for ‘arts premium’ for schools
6,000 students from across England shared why and how they engage in cultural activity, with a quarter saying that their school in…
The value of creative thinking
What exactly do we mean by creativity, and how will the UK measure up when the world education league tables start assessing it in…
Ofsted to refocus on ‘broad curriculum’
Campaigners against the EBacc have welcomed the move, but say it will not be enough on its own to save arts subjects.
£5m scheme to increase young people’s access to performing arts
Places with fewer opportunities to take part in performances will be prioritised in the scheme.
Letter: Recognition where it’s due
English teachers are arts teachers too – and should be recognised and supported as such, says Amanda Rigali.
EBacc blamed for growing gender imbalance in GCSE choices
Female entries for GCSE music outnumbered those from males by almost 4,000 in 2017/18, compared to just 764 five years ago.
Using data to find the right schools
How can an arts organisation be sure it is working with schools that represent the community? Lucie Fitton and Ashleigh Hibbins su…
Arts in schools: the end of an era
As performance targets squeeze the arts to the margins of the curriculum, only the most courageous of state schools are continuing…
GCSE results confirm continued collapse of arts in schools
The number of exams sat in arts subjects was down 10% on last year despite an increase in overall entries, and a faster increase s…
