Extract from short debate on Previous English Baccalaureate: Creative and Technical Subjects

Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab):

The DfE response to the consultation makes great play of the New Schools Network survey published earlier this year. The New Schools Network is well known as a cheerleader for government education policy, but its figures do not square with those involved at the chalkface. I have already referenced the King’s College survey of teachers. The National Association of Head Teachers found that four-fifths of school leaders are against government plans to make 90% of pupils take the EBacc, while the Association of School and College Leaders is concerned that,

“this will have a significant impact on arts and technology subjects and increasingly squeeze them out of the curriculum for many pupils”. 

These are the professionals dealing with our schools on a day-to-day basis and what they say should be given considerable weight.

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