Artists urge Government to not “blindly press ahead with the EBacc”

A joint letter, penned by more than 100 of the UK’s leading artists – including 15 Turner Prize winners – says there is “compelling evidence” that creative subjects are in decline in state schools and that exam entries for arts subjects are at their lowest level for a decade as a result of Government education policy. In response, the Department for Education said the percentage of pupils taking arts GCSEs “has remained stable” since the introduction of the EBacc.