EXCLUSIVE: EBacc would exclude 133,000 pupils from the arts
Figures reveal that children living in the most deprived areas and those with lower attainment are the most likely to lose their option to study arts subjects when the English Baccalaureate becomes compulsory.
133,000 children would have been denied the opportunity to take any arts subjects at GCSE in 2016 had the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) been compulsory in schools, AP can reveal.
Almost a quarter (23....
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