Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with schools to (a) promote creativity and (b) make pupils aware of career opportunities in the arts and creative industries.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The department is clear that all pupils should be taught a broad and balanced curriculum, and all state-funded schools are required to promote pupils' cultural development. The best schools combine creative subjects with core subjects, and the department is committed to ensuring that all pupils have access to both.
Cultural education is integral to a high-quality education. Alongside drama as part of the English curriculum, and dance as part of the physical education curriculum, music, art and design, remain important pillars of the knowledge-rich national curriculum.
The department has committed over £714 million of funding from 2016/22 into a diverse portfolio of music and arts education programmes to ensure all children, whatever their background, have access to a high-quality education in music and arts. Over and above core school funding, the department will continue to invest around £115 million per year in cultural education up to 2025.
The department funds The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) to support schools and colleges to deliver high-quality careers programmes that help make young people aware of a range of career opportunities, including in the arts and creative industries.
CEC has supported the Discover Creative Careers programme from its inception in 2019. Over 1,000 creative sector employers have engaged with the programme, leading to 92,000 student interactions with the industry. Supported by funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Discover Creative Careers Programme will continue to run until March 2025. Discover Creative Careers Week 2023 saw nearly 5,000 in-person industry encounters and over 9,000 virtual encounters for young people.
CEC connects business and sector bodies with schools and colleges through a national network of Careers Hubs, Enterprise Advisors and Cornerstone Employers, including Creative UK, Pinewood Studios and Creative Assembly. The Berkshire Careers Hub works closely with Resource Productions. A recent example of their work involved facilitating a networking event to support Enterprise Advisers (employer volunteers) to work with local schools and colleges throughout the area. Their website can be found here: https://www.resource-productions.co.uk/.
Young people can access information on a range of digital tools and resources through the National Careers Service website. More than 800 profiles include jobs such as editorial assistant, music therapist and screenwriter within the creative and media sectors. The National Careers Service website can be found here: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-careers.
Jan. 13 2011
Source Page: Table showing Entrants from Sunderland Local Authority by Higher Education Institution to UK Higher Education Institutions for the years 1997/98 to 2008/09. 36 p.Found: Table showing Entrants from Sunderland Local Authority by Higher Education Institution to UK Higher Education
Special Report Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: Misogyny in music: Government, CIISA and Office for Students responses HC 695 Special Report
Jan. 25 2011
Source Page: Table showing full time equivalent enrolments by subject of study in UK higher education institutions, academic years 2005/06 to 2009/10.Found: Table showing full time equivalent enrolments by subject of study in UK higher education institutions
Mentions:
1: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) The most recent instrumental music survey, which was published in December last year, showed that the - Speech Link
2: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) education or drama, for example. - Speech Link
3: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) Similar challenges were expressed in regard to that specialism, so this is not only about music education - Speech Link
Asked by: Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review her Department's decision to end funding for employer contributions to the teachers' pension scheme for music teachers employed by non-local authority music hubs.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
As part of the competition of the Music Hubs programme, Arts Council England informed potential bidders on 15 June 2023 that department funding would be made up of the revenue and capital grants only, and that there would not be additional funding to contribute to the cost of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) for Music Hub lead organisations that are not local authorities from September 2024. The Arts Council also published indicative allocations for the 43 new Music Hub areas.
In light of the increase in employer contributions to TPS from April 2024, the department will take steps to determine the level of employer liability across all the newly appointed Hub Lead Organisations from September 2024. This has not been possible until recently, as applicants were informed of the outcome of the Music Hubs Investment Programme on 8 April 2024. The department will then work with Arts Council England to set final Music Hub grant allocations for the 2024/25 academic year and, as part of this work, due consideration will be given to additional pension pressures due to the increase in employer contribution to the TPS.
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: Grassroots music venuesFound: GMV0005 - Grassroots music venues Arts Council England Written Evidence
Jan. 28 2008
Source Page: List of grants to Arts Council England regularly funded organisations (RFOs) for each year from 2005/06 to 2007/08.Found: & Media Education LtdLMusic110000.0113025.0116133.0Red RoomLTheatre65000.066788.068624.0Red Shift Theatre
Mentions:
1: Gallacher, Meghan (Con - Central Scotland) They said that teachers and pupils are being failed by an education system that does not recognise the - Speech Link
2: Whittle, Brian (Con - South Scotland) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Scotland’s further education sector - Speech Link
3: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) councils to eradicate unfair music tuition charges. - Speech Link
4: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) to expand music learning in schools. - Speech Link
5: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) However, as Education Scotland has already advised, what is being proposed by Welsh Labour is very similar - Speech Link
May. 29 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 21/05/2024 from Baroness Barran to Lords regarding musical exchanges, as discussed during the debate on Educational Trips and Exchanges. 2p.Found: members will know, t he government has a long -standing commitment to ensuring that high -quality music