Written questions

Music: Education

Commons · Question 73152 · 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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging schools to fully fund one-to-one music tuition for pupils eligible for pupil premium funding.

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...