Ensuring Cultural Education in England, a Pathway for Talent and Access to the Arts for All!

Ensuring Cultural Education in England

An Inclusive Curriculum, a Pathway for Talent and Access to the Arts for All

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Policy-UK Forum: Morning, Wednesday 7th December 2016
Central London

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With a Keynote Address from
Richard Russell
Chief Operating Officer

Arts Council England

 

And further contributions from

Dea Birkett, Creative Director, Kids in Museums and Liza Vallance, Artistic Director, Studio 3 Arts

 

Chaired by

Sharon Hodgson MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Craft and Design in Education and David Warburton MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education

 

 

 

 

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“I want every single young person to have the opportunity to discover how the arts can enrich their lives. Access to cultural education is a matter of social justice.”

(Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP)

 

Being held at the mid-way point of the Government’s 2011 National Plan for Music, and nine months on from the publication of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Culture White Paper, this timely forum will assess progress made in ensuring all young people in England have access to the arts and a quality cultural education, as well as how to stem the decline in the number of students taking these subjects at school and beyond.

 

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Protecting Access to Arts and Culture

School Partnerships, Overcoming Budget Cuts and Impact of Brexit

Delegates will look at the importance of access to culture for young peoples’ social and emotional wellbeing and all-round education, and how the ongoing reduction to local authority budgets, coupled with reduced funding from the EU following Brexit, will affect cultural institutions in the UK and the opportunity and ability for them to partner with schools or organise events aimed at young people.

 

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Arts for All

Implementing the White Paper, Eradicating Inequality of Opportunity and Joined-Up Working

Sessions will also look at how to overcome inequalities of opportunity, including the role of Pupil Premium funding, how the continuation of funding for 2016/17 for Music Hubs will help to encourage more joined-up working between organisations and provide high quality music education for all as well as what is expected from the recently announced Cultural Citizen’s Programme pilots beginning in September, where young people from disadvantaged communities will be given access to a range of cultural activities.

 

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Culture in Schools and Beyond

The EBacc Effect, Teacher Shortages and Progression to Work

Further sessions will assess the impact of the EBacc on take up of arts subjects at GSCE and A-level, and what effect the lengthening of school days to allow more time for extra-curricular activities such as ‘sport and art’, as suggested in the Budget, will have on interest in the subjects. Delegates will also look at the priorities for tackling current teacher shortage levels in the arts and whether the current curriculum gives pupils a realistic representation of arts in the real world, particularly looking at progression and routes into employment.

 

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Richard Russell, Director for Policy and Research, Arts Council England will be delivering a keynote address at this event. Dea Birkett, Creative Director, Kids in Museums and Liza Vallance, Artistic Director, Studio 3 Arts will also be speaking.

 

Sharon Hodgson MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Craft and Design in Education and David Warburton MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education will be chairing the forum.

 

The process for inviting further participants is currently under way however we are always keen to hear from potential speakers - or hear nominations of individuals you think could make a contribution. Please get in touch if you - or a colleague you may like to nominate - would like to take part. 

 

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Places have already been reserved by ABRSM; Almeida Theatre; Arts Council England; Artswork; Barbican Centre; Birmingham City University; Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Bishop Grosseteste University; Brighton & Hove Music & Arts; Bristol Music Trust; Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival; Cambridgeshire Music; Chapel Arts Studio; Chichester Festival Theatre; Conservatoires UK; Coventry Performing Arts; Crafts Council; Design Museum; Digital Theatre; Drake Music; Face Front Inclusive Theatre; Gateway 6th Form College; Graeae Theatre Company; Greenwich Dance; Hawkins\Brown; Incorporated Society of Musicians; Kazzum; Kent County Council; Kent Music; Knowsley Borough Council; Laban Guild for Movement and Dance; Leeds Museums and Galleries; Leeds Music Education Partnership; London Borough of Ealing; LSA Technology & Performing Arts College; London Symphony Orchestra; Lyric Hammersmith; Manasamitra; Matthew Bourne's New Adventures; Minack Theatre Trust; Museum of London; Music in the Round; NCFE; Norfolk & Norwich Festival Bridge; One Dance UK; Opera North; Orchestras Live; Pallant House Gallery; Paul Hamlyn Foundation; Perrett Laver; Real Ideas Organisation CIC; Roundhouse; Royal Academy of Dance; Royal & Derngate Theatres; Royal Shakespeare Company; Saffron Hall Trust; Self; Sound and Music; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust; The Denys Bower Bequest; The Glasgow School of Art; The National Society for Education in Art and Design; The Regent Theatre; Theatre Royal Norwich; The Sixteen; Tri-borough Music Hub; Trinity College London; Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance; University of Bedfordshire and Watts Gallery - Artists' Village.

 

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Ensuring Cultural Education in England

An Inclusive Curriculum, a Pathway for Talent and Access to the Arts for All

Morning, Wednesday, 7th December 2016

Central London

 

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Ensuring Cultural Education in England

An Inclusive Curriculum, a Pathway for Talent and Access to the Arts for All

Wednesday, 7th December 2016 Central London

Agenda in Draft

8.30 – 9.00

Registration, Coffee and Networking

9.00 – 9.05

Chair and Policy-UK Welcoming remarks

Sharon Hodgson MP Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Craft and Design in Education

9.05 - 9.25

The Importance and Value of the Arts

Speaker invitations under consideration

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9.25 - 10.15 Ensuring Access to Arts for All Forging Partnerships, Overcoming Budget Cuts and Engaging with Families

FOCUS POINTS: What impact will the ongoing cuts to local authority budgets and the reduced funding from the EU following Brexit have on cultural institutions in the UK and their ability to partner with schools or organise events aimed at young people? How will the continued funding for Music Education Hubs to 2016/17 help to create and promote more joined-up provision for young people to access the music? How successful have Music Hubs been so far? What more can schools, local authorities and cultural institutions do to work together to provide equal opportunities and access to the arts and overcome significant socio-economic and geographical inequalities and engage with families who may not traditionally be involved in the arts, for example raising awareness of discounted theatre tickets or free art shows etc.? What is expected from the Cultural Citizen’s Programme pilots, which started in September, and how can the results and recommendations be rolled out nationally next year? Did the DCMS Culture White Paper go far enough to ensure access to the arts for all?             Dea Birkett     Creative Director     Kids in Museums             Further speaker Invitations under consideration         - - - -  Questions, and answer session with delegates - - - -

10.15 - 10.55

Investing in the Arts The Cultural Citizens Programmes, the Cultural Education Challenge and Outcomes from the Pilots

Richard Russell  Liza Vallance Chief Operating Officer  Artistic Director Arts Council England Studio 3 Arts

Further speaker invitations under consideration

- - - -  Questions, and answer session with delegates - - - -

10.55 - 11.00

Chair’s Closing Comments

Sharon Hodgson MP Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Craft and Design in Education

11.00 - 11.30

Refreshments and Networking break

11.30 - 11.35

The Chair’s Welcome Back

David Warburton MP Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education

11.35 - 12.05

The Government’s Vision for Cultural Education

Speaker invitations under consideration

- - - -  Questions, and answer session with delegates - - - -

12.05 - 12.55 Culture and Arts in Schools The EBacc Effect, Teacher Supply and Progression to Work

FOCUS POINTS: What more could be done by schools to use Pupil Premium funding to create more opportunities for young people to take up arts at school? How likely will the focus on culture for this year’s Pupil Premium Awards be on take up? How feasible would Labour’s commitment to introduce an ‘arts pupil premium’ be if they were elected at the next General Election? With arts and music seen to becoming the ‘preserve of the elite’, particularly with the cost of musical instruments and the cost of theatre tickets being a barrier to families on lower incomes, what can schools do to ensure that students have access to cultural institutions and in turn encourage an interest in the arts? How has the withdrawal of the Expressive Arts GSCE and the introduction of the EBacc last September affected the perception of arts subjects amongst students and take up of arts subjects at GSCE and A-level? To what extent will lengthening the school day allow more time for extra-curricular activities such as ‘sport and art’? Do schools have sufficient funding and resources to offer this extra-curricular provision? What are the priorities for tackling current teacher shortage levels in the arts and music at both primary and secondary level? To what extent does the current curriculum give pupils a realistic representation of arts in the real world and routes into employment and what more could be done to improve careers advice? Following the Government’s announcement to double the number of apprenticeship places by 2020, how many of these will be set aside for arts and culture? With the creative industries contributing a significant amount to the UK’s economy, what more can employers in this sector do to encourage take up of arts subjects, identify skills gaps and work with schools to provide routes into work?                 Speaker invitations under consideration               - - - -  Questions, and answer session with delegates - - - -

12.55 - 13.00

Chair’s and Policy-UK’s Thanks

David Warburton MP Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education