Question follow-through · 76902
Music: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that music remains central to mainstream school curriculum; and what assessments she has made of the potential merits of music education on students achievement's in (a) Maths
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 22 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that music remains central to mainstream school curriculum; and what assessments she has made of the potential merits of music education on students achievement's in (a) Maths
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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22 Sept 2025
Answer published
Creative subjects like music are important elements of the rich and broad curriculum every child deserves. Music is in the national curriculum from the age of 5 to 14 years (key stages 1-3). The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review is looking at a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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