Drama is a highly effective teaching tool in schools, so why don’t teachers use it more, asks Luke Hollowell-Williams.

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

The new online course focuses on the intellectual, critical and business elements of photography – but how does it work? Pau…

The hubs survived increasing local authority cuts but the failure to engage boys and young people with special educational needs p…

How much dance does an Access and Education Projects Coordinator at Phoenix Dance Theatre actually get to see? Emily Labhart shows…

As education policy-makers and schools adopt an increasingly evidence-based approach, how can the cultural sector make a more cohe…

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…

More arts organisations are participating in the award scheme, which research shows is nurturing soft skills and fostering an &lsq…

A new guide aims to equip governors with the knowledge to champion dance in schools and raise key questions about its place in the…

A 350-seat theatre and a smaller studio space are included as part of plans to make the building “a mainstay of Greater Manc…

Can we teach artists to be entrepreneurial? Laurent Noël reports on a programme in France that mixes business plans, sales skills…

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

A new internationally recognised qualification will assess practical performing skills.

Turner Prize-winning architects Assemble are one of the ‘Creative Agents’ collaborating with schools in a scheme that…

Future arts leaders will need to be skilled in the world of business, argues Helena Gaunt. She describes an incubator scheme champ…

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…

Paul Collard finds the book about teaching artists as agents of change comprehensive and useful.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation has stepped in to enable teachers to access on-going professional development that will help them use arts…

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…

Tired of seeing British East Asian actors being given underwritten, stereotyped roles, Kumiko Mendl decided to do something about…