Lord Nash said numerous students had been taking creative subjects “not because they suited them, but because they were easi…

Entries for GCSE arts subjects are down 9% on 2016, while entries for EBacc subjects are up 9% in the same period.

With fewer students studying creative subjects at school, the UK’s Bridge organisations have taken on the challenge to promo…

Manifesto pledges would see the party deliver on earlier proposals for 90% of pupils to study the EBacc, and establish a new curri…

A survey of teachers has found that school funding cuts are having a disproportional impact on the arts and other subjects that fa…

Matt Hancock MP told a Lords inquiry that saying the arts are being sidelined risks encouraging schools to drop creative subjects.

During a period when the number of entries for arts GCSEs rose by 2%, entries for non-arts GCSEs rose by 15.7%.

Simon Rattle and Maria Balshaw are among the signatories to a letter highlighting a continued drop in teacher numbers and hours de…

New research paints a grim picture of growing job insecurity as schools prioritise the EBacc agenda over creative and vocational s…

New government figures reveal that lower attaining pupils are being increasingly disadvantaged by studying for the EBacc qualifica…

Royal & Derngate has put forward proposals for a new free school that will specialise in the cultural and creative industries…

The Creative Industries Federation has laid into Government plans to make the EBacc compulsory, demanding an audit of education an…

The ‘radical’ proposals for reform also suggest combining GCSEs, A-levels and technical qualifications into an overarc…

New figures should be “a wake-up call to Government”, the founder of the Bacc for the Future campaign has said.

The EBacc debate in Westminster prompts Patrycja Kaszynska to reflect on the role of the arts as a force for political and ci…

A dispute over the number of pupils taking arts subjects at GCSE was at the heart of a House of Commons debate, with the Departmen…

New research findings have cemented the necessity of supporting design in schools, following a 19,000 drop in GCSE design and tech…

The decline in the take-up of arts subjects at GCSE has increased five-fold over the past year, coinciding with a dramatic rise in…

Reaching the milestone of 100,000 signatures means a petition calling for arts subjects to be included in the EBacc will now be co…

If a petition to include the arts in the new English Baccalaureate can attract 100,000 signatures then the issue could be debated…

Creative subjects are essential to relieving the skills shortage in the UK job market, but they are being sidelined. Louise Jury e…

State school art teachers blame the EBacc as young people are steered away from their subject, according to a new survey.

A letter published this week in The Times, signed by leading arts professionals, calls for the controversial English Baccalaureate…

As creative subjects are squeezed out of the curriculum, what can arts organisations do to ensure all children benefit from cultur…