CHAMPIONING A RIGHT TO ARTS & CULTURE FOR EVERY CHILD
We use evidence to demonstrate the ways in which an arts-rich education provides skills for life and skills for work, enabling all children to fulfil their potential.
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CLA Education Reform Timeline
We are sharing a CLA Education Reform Timeline so that you can keep up to date with the many upcoming changes across curriculum, assessment, performance measures, technical qualifications and post-16, SEND, inspection, and the National Centre for Arts Education. We will keep updating this as further details emerge.
The Issues
There has been a lack of value ascribed to Expressive Arts subjects them through the education system in England. Why – and why is this a social justice issue?
Read MoreThe Challenges
What needs to change for every child and young person to have an entitlement to an arts-rich education? CLA has consulted widely to answer this question.
Read MoreThe Context
The context for our work in terms of young people’s lives and educational experiences is stark, and the data we gather informs all that we do.
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THE ARTS IN SCHOOLS REPORT
CLA has taken on all the resources produced through The Arts in Schools initiative. The Arts in Schools: Foundations for the Future calls on policymakers to ascribe greater value to the role of the Expressive Arts in schools as part of a rethink of England’s state education system. Read more
