Creative Sector: Educational Provision Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Creative Sector: Educational Provision

Earl of Clancarty Excerpts
Wednesday 22nd July 2015

(9 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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All good schools will encourage their pupils to engage in these activities. It is all part of a well-rounded education. We are seeing this across the board. We are also seeing the creation of new free schools that focus specifically on arts and music. We have the East London Arts and Music Academy, the Plymouth School of Creative Arts, and my noble friend Lord Baker will be pleased to hear that we have a number of UTCs specialising in creative and digital media.

Earl of Clancarty Portrait The Earl of Clancarty (CB)
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My Lords, does not the Minister agree that the point about a truly rounded school education is not only that it is a good in itself, but that it is the very thing that employers demand?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I agree entirely with the noble Earl.