Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
Why Arts Education Matters More Than Ever
Cultural Learning Alliance: Report Card & Evidence Review With words like Resilience, Identity, Agency, Empathy and Curiosity, associated with many reports highlighting…
SEND Consultation: Young Peoples’ Views
In early May, children in England in their final year of Primary school will be completing standardised tests (known as SATs) in…
Supporting Music in UK Higher Education
Over the past decade, UK university music departments have faced significant challenges, reflecting wider pressures across the arts and humanities. While specialist…
Key Stage 4 Performance Measure Consultation
In our article, Schools White Paper: Impact on Music Education, we highlighted the many education-focused publications this academic year and the volume of government…
DfE SEND Reform Consultation
What You Need to Know About Responding From approaching this consultation, our most critical reflection is that responses are needed from a…
The National Centre – Funding and Ambition Gap
Music Mark CEO raises concerns about the gap between ambition and funding for the new National Centre for Arts and Music Education…
Securing Welsh Music Education
The 2026 Welsh elections for Senedd Cymru will be taking place on 7th May 2026. In preparation for the election, we have…
National Centre for Music & Arts: Tender Update
On Friday 6th February, the Department for Education released an update on the upcoming tender process for the National Centre for Music…
Big Meet: Securing Music Education in Wales
Why Music Education in Wales Matters Music is central to Wales’s cultural heritage, from Eisteddfodau at local and national levels to embracing…
Calling for an Extension to the Music Hub Capital Grant Deadline
We have written to Minister Gould alongside the Music Industries Association to request an extension to the deadline for spending the Music…
Supporting Music at Higher Education
It has been a year since Music Mark welcomed MusicHE into our membership and it has certainly been a busy one. Adding…
A letter to the University of Nottingham
In response to the University of Nottingham’s proposal to suspend all four of its music programmes, Music Mark has written to the…
