The Independent Society of Musicians (ISM) and the Edge Foundation have launched a new campaign calling on the government to review and reform school accountability measures, including Progress 8.
Coined the #SaveOurSubjects campaign, the movement targets the dramatic fall in those taking arts and technology GCSE and A Levels. GCSE Music entries saw a fall of 27 per cent since 2010, and in the same period there has been a 23 per cent drop in the number of arts teachers.
The movement
The group calls on the government to conduct a review into the impact of accountability measures on arts and technology subjects; to reform Progress 8 to provide students greater freedom of choice at GCSE; and to deliver the Arts Pupil Premium in full, which was promised in the 2019 Conservative manifesto.
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