'Great day for the next generation of creative talent'
Daily Express
|November 07, 2025
Curriculum change is victory for Express
THE music industry is celebrating the axing of the controversial English Baccalaureate system, which was heavily criticised for squeezing out arts subjects in schools.
The government's decision signals a significant victory for the Daily Express’ Strike A Chord campaign, with sector leaders including Arts Council England hailing it as a “great day for the next generation of creative talent”.
The EBacc was introduced in 2010 as part of a plan to encourage pupils to take a suite of tough GCSE subjects including English, maths, science, a language and a humanity.
Schools that succeeded in getting a high proportion of their pupils to take the EBacc were rewarded in the performance tables.
But the measure, brought in by the then-Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove, stopped pupils from taking arts-based subjects. That meant millions of children had to choose between taking one subject out of music, drama or art, while being forced to take multiple non-creative courses.
The result was a dramatic near 50% plunge in pupils studying music at GCSE and A-level which threatened to strangle the talent pipeline feeding the nation’s world-leading £7.6billion music industry.
But Labour believes removing the EBacc will enable pupils to swap either the language or the humanity for a creative subject while continuing to prioritise English, maths and science.
यह कहानी Daily Express के November 07, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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