The Joint Council of Qualifications has today announced a 12.5% decline in GCSE Music entries since 2022.
Other than a slight increase in 2015, entry figures in England have consistently fallen since 2008, when the number hit 54,230. The figure now stands at 29,732.
Across the UK, the number of Music GCSE entries has decreased by 14.4% since 2019, moving from 38,511 to 32,980.
Commenting, ISM chief executive Deborah Annetts says, ‘'A 12.5% drop in GCSE music entries in just one year is clearly of great concern and follows a pattern of decline spanning since 2010 when the EBacc was introduced.’
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