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Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 June 2025

Debate

Music and Dance Scheme

Contribution

The noble Baroness is right that dance is part of the national curriculum for PE, which is part of the entitlement for children in all the first three key stages. I recognise her point about ensuring not only that it exists in the curriculum but that it is of high quality as well. I will bear in mind her point about how we can ensure, as we recruit additional teachers into our schools, that we have the specialist teachers with expertise in dance to be able to deliver it.

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