The Arts and Minds Campaign

Campaign to place creativity at the heart of the curriculum.

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

We need to encourage young people to consider the arts as a career pathway. And that means more teachers and arts activities in schools.

Sign our open letter if you agree with Maria Ryan ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Looking forward to seeing the status of arts subjects fully restored in schools in reforms from @LucyMPowell

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

@LucyMPowell: ‘I’m absolutely not bringing back stupid. I’m bringing back clever’

The education secretary dismisses Michael Gove’s criticisms as she plans a shake-up of GCSEs that she argues fail to prepare students for the real world.

Read the full interview with @RSylvester1
https://t.co/1yJGx0WYHf

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Only 7% of heads feel able to increase the amount of classroom time spent on arts subjects.

Let's tell the government what needs to change.

Sign the open letter ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

"An accountability system which pits schools against one another based on test results in a narrow set of subjects, and does not value the arts, forces many schools to prioritise other subjects."

Sign our open letter to tell the government what needs to change ➡️ https://t.co/EFTw64GFdN

[Tes magazine @tes]

Exclusive: Students in England’s least deprived areas are three times as likely to enter GCSE PE and drama as those in the most deprived areas, analysis by Tes' @JabedAhm reveals
https://t.co/tjgAnvGdwN

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

“More funding, more teachers, more space." Jack Gamble knows what the government must do for the arts in schools.

Sign our open letter if you agree ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

@_CFTA

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Only 7% of heads feel able to increase the amount of classroom time spent on arts subjects.

Let's tell the government what needs to change.

Sign our open letter ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

"It's so important that all kids have access to the creative arts – whether it's a career they choose or just something they want to do, it has been proven that creativity is good for your wellbeing."

Do you agree with sculptor Julian Wild?

Sign our open letter ➡️ https://t.co/EFTw64GFdN

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Entries to GCSE arts subjects have almost halved since 2010. Too many young people are missing out on the chance to discover where their talents truly lie.

Sign our open letter to tell the government what needs to change ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

🦠 Arts GCSEs: stagnant

Down 47% since 2010, and this year shows no sign of recovery. Every subject we track has lost ground since 2010.

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Did you know that children from the most disadvantaged areas are least likely to take Arts GCSEs? (Cultural Learning Alliance)

Every young person should have the opportunity to study creative subjects.

Sign our open letter if you believe in equal arts access ➡️ https://t.co/EFTw64GFdN

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

We must have the right teachers, capital resources and partnerships in place to ensure creative subjects are treated on an equal basis with other subjects.

Baroness Dinah Caine has signed our open letter. Have you?

Sign our open letter ➡️ https://t.co/EFTw64GFdN

@CfYoungLives 
@RoundhouseLDN

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

The number of pupils taking arts subjects continues to fall. Let's tell the government what it needs to do now to fully restore the status of arts subjects in schools https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

Arts A-levels: still vanishing 🚨

In 2010, roughly 1 in every 6.5 A-level entries was in the arts. Today, it's 1 in 10.

Every single subject we track now accounts for a smaller share of entries than it did in 2010 👇

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Did you know that students receiving free school meals were under-represented in A Level Music, Dance, Drama, and Design & Technology in 2024/25? (Cultural Learning Alliance)

Sign our open letter if you believe in equal arts access ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

The Arts and Minds coalition is growing with another new member! Welcome to the campaign, Engage!

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

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[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Fine words from Lisa Nandy but much more needs to be done to put the arts "at the heart of the curriculum". Sign our open letter today https://t.co/uEI6fRi084

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

What do schools need to restore the value of arts subjects? More specialist teachers!

Sign the open letter if you agree ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[Rachel Sylvester @RSylvester1]

Education is too important to be a political football - Burnham must seize the chance to reinvent what happens in schools. My piece for my @ObserverUK newsletter https://t.co/ASZmneEAO6

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Have you signed our open letter asking the government to put creativity at the heart of the curriculum yet?

Show your support ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq

[The Arts and Minds Campaign @ArtsMindsCmpgn]

Government exams dominate school life from primary. It's time to make space for the arts.

Sign the open letter if you think it's time to put an end to the exam factory culture.

Sign our open letter ➡️ https://t.co/LvLOwVmeeq