Expressive Arts take up is lowest in regions and local authorities with the highest level of free school meals and highest levels of deprivation – specifically the West Midlands, the North West and the North East
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Systemic devaluing of arts in English state schools
For the second consecutive year, the Cultural Learning Alliance has published a ‘report card’ on what has been happening to Expressive Arts education in state secondary schools. Sally Bacon is the CLA’s co-chair.
When the Cultural Learning Alliance (CLA) published its first annual Report Card last year, it told a story in numbers. One number, in particular, stood out: the number of arts GCSEs taken in England ...
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