Department for Education call for evidence on the National Plan for Music Education
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Department for Education has announced the launch of a call for evidence on music education. This call will inform the development of proposals for the refresh of the National Plan for Music Education. They are inviting young people, parents and carers, teachers, headteachers, employers in the music industry and all those with an interest in music education, to take part.
The call for evidence includes specific questions on areas experts have indicated are particularly important, including SEND and inclusivity, music technology and the music education hubs. The responses and experiences put forward will help inform changes to the National Plan, which will then be fully consulted on.
The refreshed Plan will be published in autumn 2020 and will build on the current Plan, first published in 2011, which sets out the vision for music education for all children in England.
This announcement also builds on the recently announced £85 million for a further year of our current music and arts programmes, including music hubs, and is in addition to the manifesto commitment to offer an ‘arts premium’ to secondary schools.
The call for evidence, which can be found here will run until the 13th of March.