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The arts in schools: Foundations for the future

The 1982 publication ‘The Arts of Schools’ was hugely influential with local education authorities and arts professionals. Here Sally Bacon and Pauline Tambling share the findings from their new consultation, more than 40 years later. 

Pauline Tambling and Sally Bacon
7 min read

The 1982 report prompted wide debate about the importance of arts teaching and learning at a time of huge change in the education system, with the introduction of the National Curriculum (1988) and th...

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