Cultural and Creative Industries: Diversity

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Excerpts

Monday 11th March 2019 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

My noble friend will know that I do not agree with what he said about the baccalaureate. Having said that, he will know, because it was announced by my noble friend Lord Agnew, that we have a national plan for musical education. We are working on this during 2019 and we are engaging with a lot of stakeholders. My noble friend makes an important point and we will take this very seriously.

[Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD)]

My Lords, picking up on something the noble Lord, Lord Black, said, Arts Council England has an Artsmark award—a quality mark awarded by ACE to schools that are embedding creative learning in their curriculum. Does the Minister agree that Ofsted should do the same and that no school should be marked “Outstanding” unless this is the case?