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
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How to bring out the artist in every child with Sky Arts

Make 2022 a year of creativity with Access All Arts – a free, jam-packed, fun-filled celebration of the arts...

Sky Arts
Sky Arts
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: Art and design

Here are the trends in the latest art and design GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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

Arts-focused teacher development fund open for applications

Schools can benefit from up to £150,000 in grant funding to boost arts-based teaching through partnerships with cultural organisations...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Most teachers and parents fear EBacc could narrow curriculum

More than two thirds of respondents to the DfE’s consultation on the English Baccalaureate are worried that schools will...

John Dickens
John Dickens