SAVE OUR SUBJECTS
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A campaign for broadening the curriculum
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Arts and technology subjects are in serious decline in English secondary schools.
School accountability measures have devalued arts and technology subjects in our secondary schools - the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) excludes all arts subjects and Progress 8 heavily weights league tables towards EBacc subjects. Arts and technology subjects are disappearing at a frightening rate, with a 40% fall in GCSE arts entries since 2010, and specialist teachers are in decline too. For a truly broad and balanced curriculum that supports the talent pipeline and teaches young people skills for the 21st-century workplace, we must #SaveOurSubjects.
Government must:
- Review the impact of accountability measures (the EBacc and Progress 8) on arts and technology subjects
- Reform the Progress 8 accountability measure, giving pupils more freedom of choice at GCSE
- Commit to the Arts Premium which was promised in the Conservatives’ 2019 general election manifesto
We urge you to join us in the campaign to help #SaveOurSubjects.
UPDATE AUTUMN 2024: HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT REVIEW
In March 2024 Labour pledged to reform Progress 8 to include a creative or vocational subject. This was a major win for the Save Our Subjects campaign. Now the Labour government is conducting a Curriculum and Assessment Review, and has said that it wants a curriculum that gives space to arts and music as well as vocational and technical subjects. A consultation on the review is open until 22 November 2024. Have your say and tell the government why arts and technology subjects should be at the heart of the curriculum.
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