SAVE OUR SUBJECTS
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.
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