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
News

Ofqual consults on changes to reformed music and dance qualifications

Ofqual has launched a consultation into proposed changes to the reformed GCSEs, AS and A-levels in music and dance, after...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Music education hubs struggle to attract older pupils

The number of pupils receiving whole-class ensemble teaching through music education hubs has risen by a fifth since 2013,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

EEF launches new music, drama and journalism trials

Thousands of children across the England will take part in new trials to assess whether skills like music, drama...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
Exam results

Music GCSE results

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott