Arts in school are under threat, but this is not the case in all schools and is not necessarily driven entirely by the EBacc. Is it time to pivot the conversation and consider whether arts education needs its own seismic shift, asks Holly Donagh.
The new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has looked in detail at the trends in Arts GCSE entries over the last ten years, with a view to understanding the impact of the EBacc and other school performance measures. This report comes alongside work from the New Schools Network, Bacc to the Future, and the DfE, all trying to establish definitively what is going on in terms of the number of pupils studying arts subjects at secon... Keep reading on A New Direction
The new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has looked in detail at the trends in Arts GCSE entries over the last ten years, with a view to understanding the impact of the EBacc and other school performance measures. This report comes alongside work from the New Schools Network, Bacc to the Future, and the DfE, all trying to establish definitively what is going on in terms of the number of pupils studying arts subjects at secon... Keep reading on A New Direction