Governing boards have an important responsibility to ensure that their school offers pupils a wide and varied curriculum, and creative teaching and learning is a core component of this.
Posted: 11/04/2019
Category: Working in Schools
“There are many sources of cultural engagement for children and young people through the education programmes of local theatres, galleries, orchestras, museums, libraries and community arts organisations. But it is the school that is best placed to pursue the ambition that every single child and young person has that engagement.
Governors need to think about cultural education as it’s a statutory requirement. Maintained schools must follow the National Curriculum, which requires Art & Design and Music to be taught up to age 14 (KS3). There are also minimum requirements for Drama to be delivered within the English curriculum, and Dance within PE.
Does your school offer a broad and balanced curriculum that develops creativity through cultural education?”
This 2021 guide is full of resources and questions to ask as a governor.
These guides have been developed in partnership by Arts Council England and the National Governors Association alongside key subject associations, National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD), One Dance UK and Music Mark.
