An open letter published in The Times on 14 March calls on the British government to keep its promises on arts education and put the arts at the heart of the curriculum.
The letter emphasises the ‘untold damage to children and their life chances’ caused by the EBacc and Progress 8 policies. Since the introduction in 2010 of the EBacc, which contains no arts subjects, there has been a 42% drop in arts subjects generally (36% in music) taken at GCSE in state schools, while music A Level entries have fallen by 45%; similarly, assessment criteria for Progress 8, introduced in 2016, encourage schools to focus on EBacc subjects.
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