Arts: Curriculum
Commons · Question 73150 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Amanda Martin
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requiring secondary schools to provide at least one hour per week of (i) music, (ii) drama and (iii) art teaching and (b) abolishing arts carousel t
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Sep 2025
Art and design, music and drama within English are important parts of the national curriculum, and the government trusts schools to determine how best to teach all arts subjects, including teaching time.Schools are expected to fund the teaching of arts su...