Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 73152

Music: Education

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Amanda Martin

LabourPortsmouth North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging schools to fully fund one-to-one music tuition for pupils eligible for pupil premium funding.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Art and design, music and drama within English are important parts of the national curriculum, and the government trusts schools to determine how best to teach all arts subjects, including teaching time.Schools are expected to fund the teaching of arts su...

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