Ofsted

Ofsted: 7 key findings from its music subject report

Inequalities in music education that Ofsted first highlighted over a decade ago persist, its latest subject report says

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

School aims to cut energy costs with Christmas single

A song recorded by pupils at Barn Croft Primary School in east London has already raised £26,000 towards solar...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

1 in 3 teachers says year 9s don’t get regular music lessons

Poll also shows 2 in 5 primary pupils lack access to free instrument teaching as DfE sets out new...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

£25m for instruments as music hubs and PE premium extended

Schools asked to "offer at least one hour of music curriculum a week”, with a 'music development plan' and music...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics

Government ditches £90m school ‘arts premium’ manifesto pledge

Policy is one of several 2019 pledges to be delayed or to have fallen by the wayside

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exam results

GCSE results 2021: Music

Here are the trends in the latest music GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Still no date for national music plan, but another expert panel

The government has assembled a panel of music grandees to help produce its national plan for music education (NPME),...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Critics question winning bid for new model music curriculum

The Department for Education has refused to say how many bids it received for a contract to write a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools shut out from DfE music curriculum panel

The government has come under fire for choosing just three serving school leaders for its 14-strong panel that will...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg