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Arts: Curriculum

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30933

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that a range of arts subjects are included in the national curriculum.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

The current national curriculum includes art and design, music, dance within physical education and drama within English.

The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review will seek to deliver a curriculum which is rich and broad, inclusive and innovative, considering how best to support a young person to develop the knowledge and skills needed to thrive. The interim report will be published in early spring and the final report will be published this autumn.

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