Music: Education

(asked on 13th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will publish his National Plan for Music Education.


Answered by
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
This question was answered on 16th December 2021

On 6 August, the government announced plans to work with a panel of experts from across the music education sector to develop a refreshed national plan for music education. This will shape the future of music education in this country, so that more children and young people have access to a good quality music education. The refreshed plan will be published early next year.

The announcement follows the publication of the non-statutory Model Music Curriculum in March, and the publication of the music education consultation report published in August, based on responses to the call for evidence to inform the refreshed plan and conducted between February and March 2020.

The advisory panel includes teachers and representatives from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and UK Music, as well as Darren Henley, Chief Executive of Arts Council England, whose independent Review of Music Education in England informed the original national plan. To date, the panel have met on three occasions.

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