Music: Education

(asked on 6th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government in which English local authority areas fewer than 10 students are studying music at publicly funded schools.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Agnew of Oulton
This question was answered on 20th June 2019

The Isles of Scilly was the only local authority with fewer than 10 pupils at the end of key stage 4[1] entering GCSE music in its state funded schools in 2017/18, with 2 pupils (of a cohort of 124 pupils). Note that this represents just one school.

Pupils are required to study music through key stage 1-3. The department's published information at key stage 4 is based on exam entries by pupils, rather than number of pupils studying a subject.

[1] Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.

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