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Updates from the UK's music education sector
These Business Leaders Do Their Jobs Better By Applying Lessons From The Performing Arts
The actor Steve Carell recently ran into an old colleague of his from Chicago’s Second City improv theater company. They reminisced about…
Commons Debate – Children & the Arts: Chris Bryant on Nicky Morgan’s comments on arts education
Chris Bryant, Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) Does the Minister accept that whatever spin he may put on it, when the…
Kirklees Music School looks to the future after council budget cut falls on music lessons
KMS say to cut whole budget is “incredibly harsh” and thank public for support The sound of music will continue, despite cuts…
New commission on primary assessment
A teacher-led commission is being set up to help primary schools in England find new ways of assessing their pupils’ progress. The…
Nick Gibb Speech: Assessment after levels
Nick Gibb outlines the support given to schools as they move away from level descriptors. Reform is an important think tank because…
Radical curriculum overhaul proposed in Wales
A radical change to how and what children in Wales are taught is under consideration 26 years after the national curriculum was…
Simon Rattle, music education and a new concert hall for London
Charlotte Higgins is right to highlight the fact that building a new concert hall in London is shortsighted unless the issue of…
Gareth Malone OBE Becomes Ambassador For ‘Music for All’
Music for All, charity of the UK musical instrument industry, is proud to announce Gareth Malone OBE has become one of their…
Labour promises more arts in school
Labour would use Ofsted inspections to put a greater emphasis on art in schools in England, says the party’s leader Ed Miliband….
