Treasure troves
Is it feasible for primary school children to be based full time in a local museum? Wendy James discusses a pilot project where ch…
Is it feasible for primary school children to be based full time in a local museum? Wendy James discusses a pilot project where ch…
A cultural education programme in the north west has shifted its focus from pupils to teachers and is seeing great results. Sarah…
A “trailblazing” agreement between Arts Council England and a higher education body hopes to get more students involve…
A membership body is being set up to develop the work of university arts centres in response to conclusions from the Warwick Commi…
Music teaching provision is becoming incohesive as schools are left to decide whether or not to engage with local hubs, according…
Reaching the milestone of 100,000 signatures means a petition calling for arts subjects to be included in the EBacc will now be co…
As she joins Stagetext, Melanie Sharpe looks back on those who have inspired her career.
Not many know that Oxford has some of the worst rates of child literacy in the country. Louise Chantal describes how a playwriting…
A lack of formal teaching qualifications will no longer be an entry barrier to musicians wanting to teach in state schools under p…
If a petition to include the arts in the new English Baccalaureate can attract 100,000 signatures then the issue could be debated…
The challenge to nurture and support cultural and music education outside London is on. Ian Thomas assesses a model that brings to…
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.
Four new regional networks will be funded to deliver creative and cultural education in Wales over the next five years.
Opportunities for schools to connect with cultural organisations in the capital will be shared through a new online platform aimin…
A letter published this week in The Times, signed by leading arts professionals, calls for the controversial English Baccalaureate…
Wendy Gadian explains why finding the right funder was key to helping the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama support emergin…
£75m has been allocated to the UK’s 123 music education hubs for 2016/17, maintaining funding from 2015/16, though not…
Teach the arts for their intrinsic value, says the Head of The Education Endowment Foundation.
Time traveller Steampunk Bob has become (rather surprisingly) a primary school resource for teaching social, moral, cultural and s…
Georghia Ellinas reveals how Shakespeare’s Globe helps teachers to explore the full relevance of the Bard’s plays…
Opera North’s singing programmes were recently praised for greatly improving the SATs results at two primary schools. B…
There are many barriers to young people engaging in dance. Amy Dalton explains how a programme in Lincolnshire schools is get…
As creative subjects are squeezed out of the curriculum, what can arts organisations do to ensure all children benefit from cultur…