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The Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school

Editorial: The number of students taking creative subjects at A-level and GCSE is at a record low. The arts must not become the preserve of the most privileged

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4

New £1.5m awards scheme launches to celebrate UK visual art education

Freelands Foundation will give £100,000 to three organisations every year that do ‘incredible work’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26

‘Huge step in the right direction’: arts leaders hail move to boost creative subjects in England’s schools

Cultural figures hope proposed shake-up of curriculum can reverse years of ‘madness’ in which arts were devalued

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025

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Ed Sheeran takes partial credit for move to overhaul music teaching in England

Singer-songwriter says curriculum changes reflect points raised in open letter to PM organised by his foundation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

Ed Sheeran welcomes school curriculum changes to boost study of music

The said the move diversifying the music genres taught in schools and removes ‘outdated systems that stop kids from studying music and the arts’.

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

AI to be added to curriculum in English schools amid education shakeup

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced the biggest national curriculum review for a decade

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Government announces plan to cut GCSE exam time by up to three hours

The final curriculum review report, commissioned by Labour last year, has recommended exam volume at key stage 4 be reduced by 10%.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025

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The foreign language that is now the most popular among GCSE students

The overall number of entries for this summer’s exams for both GCSEs and A-levels has decreased

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025

Spanish overtakes French as most popular foreign language GCSE, figures suggest

Ofqual has published the provisional number of entries for GCSEs, AS and A-levels in England for this summer’s exam series.

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025

Whitehall has left generation of teenagers with no hope, says Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor says number of young people not in education, employment or training has reached unacceptable levels

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025

Fewer GCSE exams proposed in Labour’s curriculum review – but Sats to stay

Interim report for schools in England to also recommend more emphasis on digital and media literacy, sustainability and climate science

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025

Curriculum and assessment review to consider reducing number of GCSE exams

The interim report sets out the areas of focus for its final report which will make recommendations to the Government in the autumn.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

Bridget Phillipson tells critics to ‘leave London for a change’ to see scale of schools crisis as reform row escalates

The education secretary has become embroiled in a war of words over her school reforms

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

Primary Sats ‘working well’ but Gove’s Ebacc needs scrutiny, review chief says

Curriculum chair satisfied with tests in year 6 and year 2 and says system performing well despite Covid setbacks

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2025

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Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2025

EBacc limiting pupils’ access to vocational and arts subjects, review chief says

Prof Becky Francis, chairwoman of the Government’s curriculum and assessment review, said national assessments and qualifications are ‘working well’.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025

‘Worse than the Tories’: cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools

Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics say

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

Primary school pupils should not have to sit ‘high-pressure’ tests – union

The current curriculum and assessment system is ‘outdated and unfit’, the leader of the largest education union in the UK has said.

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2024

GCSE results: more young people are studying languages – but the overall picture for language learning remains bleak

The 2024 GCSE results reveal that more young people in schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are opting to study a language. French and Spanish remain the most popular languages, with increases of 2.9% and 6.2% from last year respectively.

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024

Education secretary warns of ‘baked-in’ inequality in English school system

Bridget Phillipson says she is determined to reduce attainment gap as teenagers anticipate A-level results

The Conversation · Jun 11, 2024

Why UK government policies have failed to recruit enough teachers for years

England has faced years of teacher shortages, especially in some secondary subjects such as maths, science and technology. Successive governments have tried – and failed – to address these shortages.

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

Fewer pupils in England studying drama and media at GCSE and A-level

Figures show statistics, computing, physics and maths have risen in popularity and languages bouncing back

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

House of Lords report on secondary education is well-intentioned but wrong

Letter: The reason why most pupils in fee-paying schools do well is because they have access to resources, says Michael Young

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

The Guardian view on secondary education: the Lords are right – one size doesn’t fit all

Editorial: An overly prescriptive and narrow curriculum is failing too many pupils at English schools

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

The Ruth Perry tragedy must mark the end of Ofsted’s reign of fear

The bullying of schools stifles recruitment and condemns children to pressure-cooker learning, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

Peers call for urgent overhaul of secondary education in England

Lords report says there is too much learning by rote and many key Tory changes should be reversed

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