The Earl of Glasgow – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Glasgow on 2016-10-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will give further consideration to including the arts and other creative industries within future school curricula.

Lord Nash

The Government believes that every child should experience a high quality creative education throughout their time at school. That is why subjects such as music, art and design, drama and dance are included in the National Curriculum for 5-14 year olds. The National Curriculum is compulsory for maintained schools. Academies and free schools are not required to teach the National Curriculum but can use it as a benchmark. They can also use their freedoms to innovate and build more stretching and tailored curricula, to meet the particular needs of their pupils or their local area or the particular ethos of the school.

All schools, including academies and free schools, must provide a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society.