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- Music education: call for evidence – further guidance
Wednesday 4th March 2020 - Music education: call for evidence – have you responded?
Wednesday 26th February 2020 - The Department for Education launch Call for Evidence
Monday 10th February 2020 - General Election 2019: Bacc for the Future statement
Friday 13th December 2019 - PISA test results 2019
Tuesday 3rd December 2019 - The Bacc for the Future campaign launches manifesto ahead of General Election 2019
Friday 8th November 2019 - Julie Hesmondhalgh article - Actors and Performers Handbook 2019
Wednesday 6th November 2019 - Fresh evidence cite the EBacc as cause of decline of arts in schools
Thursday 24th October 2019 - The Durham Commission on creativity in education
Wednesday 16th October 2019 - GCSE results day: further decline in creative subjects
Thursday 22nd August 2019 - A-level results day: continued decline in creative uptake
Friday 16th August 2019 - New report provides further evidence that the EBacc is not working
Friday 12th July 2019 - Ofqual figures released: EBacc GCSE entries up as other subjects decline
Thursday 30th May 2019 - Russell Group scrap list of ‘preferred’ A-Levels amid concerns about arts
Thursday 23rd May 2019 - Ofsted publishes final version of its new inspection framework
Wednesday 15th May 2019 - DCMS Select Committee ‘deeply concerned’ about downgrading of arts in schools
Tuesday 14th May 2019 - Bacc for the Future comment on new Welsh curriculum announcement
Tuesday 30th April 2019 - Respond to the OFSTED Consultation by 5th April Deadline
Wednesday 27th March 2019 - DCMS Committee report calls for review of the EBacc amidst talent pipeline concerns
Thursday 21st March 2019 - Performers’ Alliance APPG inquiry: Breaking the Class Ceiling in the Arts: an inquiry into social mobility in the creative sector
Wednesday 20th February 2019 - New music education report State of the Nation released
Tuesday 5th February 2019 - ISM releases new report on the future of music education
Monday 10th December 2018 - Government slammed over EBacc in major parliamentary debate
Friday 19th October 2018 - Bacc for the Future statement on Culture Secretary's The Youth Performance Partnerships announcement
Tuesday 2nd October 2018 - Bacc for the Future, Cultural Learning Alliance and What Next? launch arts advocacy toolkit
Tuesday 11th September 2018 - GCSE Results Day 2018: uptake of creative subjects down by over 10%
Thursday 23rd August 2018 - Creative subject entries in A-Level decline
Thursday 16th August 2018 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason pledges support to Bacc for the Future
Wednesday 20th June 2018 - Bacc for the future hailed as an 'increasingly brilliant campaign'
Thursday 1st March 2018 - Creative subjects being squeezed, schools tell BBC
Thursday 1st February 2018 - New GCSE figures confirm a further drop in creative subjects
Wednesday 31st January 2018 - Creativity can be taught to anyone. So why are we leaving it to private schools? - Rufus Norris
Thursday 18th January 2018 - School charging £5 a week to take GCSE music
Friday 12th January 2018 - Dramatic new report calls for EBacc to be scrapped
Tuesday 5th December 2017 - Harry Potter director John Tiffany: ‘Why aren’t we taking to the streets over the EBacc?’
Tuesday 31st October 2017 - Education Policy Institute exposes damage of EBacc on creative subjects
Monday 16th October 2017 - Statement and responses on the Government response to the EBacc consultation
Tuesday 12th September 2017 - 8.4% decline in uptake of creative artistic and technical subjects at GCSE
Thursday 24th August 2017 - Creative subjects see another year on year drop in uptake at A Levels
Thursday 17th August 2017 - DfE responds to EBacc consultation
Wednesday 19th July 2017 - Entries to EBacc subjects at all time high as fewer pupils take creative subjects
Thursday 15th June 2017 - General Election 2017: Statement
Wednesday 14th June 2017 - Dr Bernard Trafford, headteacher of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and a former chair of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference raises concerns over the EBacc
Wednesday 31st May 2017 - Eight in 10 heads say EBacc is limiting opportunities for less academic children
Tuesday 23rd May 2017 - DfE believes fewer teachers in creative subjects will be needed in the future
Friday 19th May 2017 - Letter hand in to number 10 Downing street
Monday 15th May 2017 - Schools having to prioritise cost-cutting over quality of children’s education - finds ATL/NUT survey
Monday 10th April 2017 - Non-EBacc subjects at greater risk due to funding pressures
Monday 10th April 2017 - Music 'could face extinction' in secondary schools
Thursday 9th March 2017 - Another debate in Parliament
Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Conservative MP Neil Carmichael voices support for proposals to expand the EBacc to include skills such as engineering
Monday 20th February 2017 - Teachers call for the government to #BaccDown over the EBacc
Tuesday 31st January 2017 - Cut in school funding risking 'non-EBacc subjects' in schools
Monday 30th January 2017 - New report: The Arts empower children and improve life chances
Tuesday 24th January 2017 - Government announces multi-million pound investment in music education
Thursday 1st December 2016 - House of Lords EBacc warning as schools dump creative A level subjects
Monday 7th November 2016
- One year on from the EBacc consultation launch and no response
3rd Nov 2016 - Research on impact of A level D&T on Civil Engineering graduate performance
31st Oct 2016 - Percentage of pupils entered for at least one arts subject drops again
13th Oct 2016 - Reminder of the latest updates to campaign news
12th Oct 2016 - An alternative Bacc: 14-19 Education: A New Baccalaureate
28th Sept 2016 - Design & technology GCSE uptake plummets 10 per cent in a year
22nd Sept 2016 - 9.29% in Dance uptake at GCSE
31st Aug 2016 - Drop in number of children studying creative subjects could lead to skills shortage
30th Aug 2016 - Creative subjects continue to decline in the EBacc age
25th Aug 2016 - Number of students taking performing arts A level drops 15%
19th Aug 2016 - 'EBacc means the arts are absent in the curriculum for the vast majority – and this is wrong'
3rd Aug 2016 - Drama organisations pen letter opposing the EBacc in the Guardian
2nd Aug 2016 - Post-debate briefing: The EBacc and creative, artistic and technical subjects
27th Jul 2016 - Poll: Has the EBacc had an impact on Museums Education Programmes
12th Jul 2016 - The EBacc debate in parliament – The Usual Studio
11th Jul 2016 - Ebacc is to blame for the decline of D&T – Schools Week
8th Jul 2016 - The EBacc debate in the House of Commons – Crafts Council
7th Jul 2016 - Schools Minister Nick Gibb, accused of using stats ‘selectively’ in EBacc debate
7th Jul 2016 - How to stop creative GCSE subjects being squeezed out by the EBacc – Schools Improvement
6th Jul 2016 - Parliament debates ‘unthinkable’ EBacc without arts
5th Jul 2016 - EBacc debate: schools minister “failed to address the decline in entries for arts subjects”
5th Jul 2016 - EBacc debate and gathering outside Parliament
5th Jul 2016 - Don’t deny arts to people who need it the most – Huffington Post
30th Jun 2016 - Bertie Carvel's speech to Parliament
30th Jun 2016 - Year 10 students at the Derby High School urge the DfE not to steal their arts
30th Jun 2016 - Value of Design and Technology affirmed ahead of EBacc debate
29th Jun 2016 - New Designers 2016 survey highlights the importance of design education ahead of EBacc parliamentary debate (July 4)
28th Jun 2016 - Arts in schools plummets, new figures show
21st Jun 2016 - Royal Opera House speech by Deborah Annetts
21st Jun 2016 - Pressure mounts on DfE to scrap EBacc
15th Jun 2016 - Creativity eases GCSE stress
15th Jun 2016 - More Than 100,000 Sign Petition Demanding The Arts Made Part Of The English Baccalaureate
13th Jun 2016 - The Digital Revolution – Lord Kenneth Baker’s new report and 8 point plan for education
8th May 2016 - EBacc debate in parliament to take place on Monday 4 July 2016
27th Apr 2016 - 100,000 signatures back EBacc debate
27th Apr 2016 - Just 2000 to go until we can secure a debate in parliament
12th Apr 2016 - 90,000 people have signed the parliamentary petition
24th Mar 2016 - Support the Parliamentary petition against the EBacc
1st Mar 2016 - EBacc headache over teacher shortages
29th Feb 2016 - Our consultation response
8th Feb 2016 - Peers criticise lack of mandatory creative subjects in EBacc – The Stage
4th Feb 2016 - Only days left to respond to EBacc consultation
19th Jan 2016 - Musicians' Union join the campaign
19th Jan 2016 - One-size fits all curriculum will force creative subjects out of schools
12th Jan 2016 - The Times publish Bacc for the future letter on the EBacc
6th Jan 2016 - EBacc and the arts: “We are increasingly having to justify our existence on the curriculum” A-N article
26th Dec 2015 - Making 90 per cent of students take the EBacc will damage futures – Sec Ed
17th Nov 2015 - EBacc Consultation published
12th Nov 2015 - Fear for arts education as EBacc set to become compulsory – Arts Professional
10th Nov 2015 - Ofstead Head raised concerns over the EBacc
8th Oct 2015 - Nearly nine in ten school leaders oppose compulsory EBacc in its current form
25th Aug 2015 - EBacc puts creativity at risk (6 August 2015) 'Curtain closing on school theatre trips'
6th Aug 2015 - Creators, educators and industry urge Government rethink on EBacc
6th Jul 2015 - Bacc again: The Incorporated Society of Musicians warns of damage to the creative industries if Government proposals go ahead
23rd Jun 2015 - There’s nothing sadder than EBacc without teacher – Guardian article
15th Jun 2015 - What will Progress 8 do for the creative subjects? – Education data lab
25th Mar 2015