The letter says there is compelling evidence that the
study of creative subjects is in decline in state schools and that entries to arts subjects have fallen to their lowest level in a decade.
From art and design, to landscape design, a whole
host of creative subjects are on offer for exploration over a two — four year period.
There is compelling evidence that the
study of creative subjects is in decline in state schools and that entries to arts and creative subjects have fallen to their lowest level in a decade.
The exclusion
of creative subjects from the EBacc remit; subject silos; out - dated subject orthodoxies; teacher shortages and financial and academic pressures on schools weighed down by accountability measures are creating a perfect storm in which students will be those affected in the short term and society in the long term.
This announcement comes only a short time after Ofqual released figures that confirmed the devastating impact the EBacc is having on the
uptake of creative subjects at GCSE, with a decline of 38,900 students which amounts to a fall of 8 % from 2016 to 2017.
Government figures show that the demand for teachers in EBacc subjects is set to increase, which indicates the
demise of creative subjects.
Delta Academies Trust, formerly the School Partnership Trust Academies, lost more than 100 staff last year and removed a
number of creative subjects from its curriculum to prioritise the more academic subjects found in the EBacc.
The
uptake of some creative subjects, including art and design & technology, and performing arts, has dropped after the government introduced the EBacc and its focus on a «core» academic curriculum.
«There is compelling evidence that the
study of creative subjects is in decline in state schools and that entries to arts and creative subjects have fallen to their lowest level in a decade,» the letter reads.