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Written question asked by Maggie Throup (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 24 April 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.


GCSE

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage more students to take up a creative, artistic and technical subject at GCSE.

Answer

At Key Stage 4, all pupils in maintained schools have an entitlement to study an arts subject and a design and technology subject.

In addition to the revised curriculum introduced into schools in 2014, new GCSEs in a number of creative, artistic, and technical subjects including music, art and design, dance, drama, design and technology, food preparation and nutrition, electronics and engineering have been developed to be more rigorous.

These GCSEs or any other GCSEs and technical awards from the Department approved list can count towards the open element of Progress and Attainment 8. These measures are designed to encourage schools to offer a broad and balanced curriculum.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
70427
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Technology GCSE Art and design
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk