Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in England were admitted to state-funded schools because of their talent in (a) music, (b) drama, and (c) dance in each of the last five years.

The Department maintains a diversity of provision, including grammar schools and schools designated with a religious character, ‘faith schools’, within the English school system.

The Department does not collect data on the number of children admitted to schools under specific admission criteria, such as aptitude or ability in music, drama or dance or on the basis of their faith.