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| We are writing to express our grave concern about the exclusion of arts and creative subjects from the new English baccalaureate, or Ebacc, for secondary school children, which we believe will seriously damage the future of many young people in this country. There is compelling evidence that the study of creative subjects is in decline in state schools and that entries to arts and creative subjects have fallen to their lowest level in a decade. Young people are being deprived of opportunities for personal development in the fields of self-expression, sociability, imagination and creativity. | We are writing to express our grave concern about the exclusion of arts and creative subjects from the new English baccalaureate, or Ebacc, for secondary school children, which we believe will seriously damage the future of many young people in this country. There is compelling evidence that the study of creative subjects is in decline in state schools and that entries to arts and creative subjects have fallen to their lowest level in a decade. Young people are being deprived of opportunities for personal development in the fields of self-expression, sociability, imagination and creativity. |
| This places one of our largest and most successful global industries at risk, one worth £92bn a year to the UK economy. That is bigger than oil, gas, life sciences, automotive and aeronautics combined. This is at a time when economic growth is of critical importance to the UK’s international position. A good education fit for the 21st century, must be broad and balanced. The Ebacc in its current form is not the way to achieve this. | This places one of our largest and most successful global industries at risk, one worth £92bn a year to the UK economy. That is bigger than oil, gas, life sciences, automotive and aeronautics combined. This is at a time when economic growth is of critical importance to the UK’s international position. A good education fit for the 21st century, must be broad and balanced. The Ebacc in its current form is not the way to achieve this. |
| We call on the government to reverse its decision to blindly press ahead with the Ebacc, regardless of the consultation responses and in the face of overwhelming evidence against this policy. If we care about social mobility, wellbeing and economic growth – and if we want our creative industries to continue to flourish – we need to rebalance our education system so that the arts are valued just as much as other subjects. Every child should have equal access to the benefits that the arts and culture bring, not just a privileged few.Norman AckroydTracey EminGrayson PerryNicola GreenWolfgang TillmansSam Taylor JohnsonMartin BoyceBarbara WalkerChristine BorlandAntony GormleyFiona BannerGary HumeRose WylieEdmund de WaalRachel WhitereadMona HatoumAnish KapoorCornelia ParkerDavid ShrigleyAlison WildingBob and Roberta SmithGillian WearingKoo Jeong APhyllida BarlowHurvin AndersonHannah CollinsPaul NobleCathy de MonchauxShezad DawoodSusanna HeronJohn AkomfrahDavid BatchelorNikki BellZarina BhimjiBrian ClarkeSusan CollinsCeline CondorelliMichael Craig-MartinDeborah CurtisDexter DalwoodAdam DantGrenville DaveyCathy de MonchauxRichard DeaconTacita DeanJeremy DellerRose EnglishDoug FishboneAnya GallaccioRyan GanderDryden GoodwinLiam GillickMathew HaleAnne HardyAlex HartleyTim HeadLubaina HimidShirazeh HoushiaryGary HumeCallum InnesIsaac JulienPhillip KingTania KovatsHenry KrokatsisMichael LandyBen LanglandsChristopher Le BrunLiliane LijnJeff McMillanLisa MilroyHaroon MirzaGoshka MacugaMike NelsonHayley NewmanChris OrrVicken ParsonsEddie PeakeSimon PeritonSusan PhilipszAmalia PicaSarah PickeringKathy PrendergastCharlotte ProdgerDavid RemfryLiz RidealBen RiversEva RothschildJenny SavilleConrad ShawcrossYinka ShonibareGavin TurkKeith TysonJessica VoorsangerMark WallingerRebecca WarrenSue WebsterRichard WentworthJane WilsonLouise WilsonRichard WilsonSarah WoodfineBill WoodrowRichard WrightCatherine YassCarey YoungAbbas Zahedi | We call on the government to reverse its decision to blindly press ahead with the Ebacc, regardless of the consultation responses and in the face of overwhelming evidence against this policy. If we care about social mobility, wellbeing and economic growth – and if we want our creative industries to continue to flourish – we need to rebalance our education system so that the arts are valued just as much as other subjects. Every child should have equal access to the benefits that the arts and culture bring, not just a privileged few.Norman AckroydTracey EminGrayson PerryNicola GreenWolfgang TillmansSam Taylor JohnsonMartin BoyceBarbara WalkerChristine BorlandAntony GormleyFiona BannerGary HumeRose WylieEdmund de WaalRachel WhitereadMona HatoumAnish KapoorCornelia ParkerDavid ShrigleyAlison WildingBob and Roberta SmithGillian WearingKoo Jeong APhyllida BarlowHurvin AndersonHannah CollinsPaul NobleCathy de MonchauxShezad DawoodSusanna HeronJohn AkomfrahDavid BatchelorNikki BellZarina BhimjiBrian ClarkeSusan CollinsCeline CondorelliMichael Craig-MartinDeborah CurtisDexter DalwoodAdam DantGrenville DaveyCathy de MonchauxRichard DeaconTacita DeanJeremy DellerRose EnglishDoug FishboneAnya GallaccioRyan GanderDryden GoodwinLiam GillickMathew HaleAnne HardyAlex HartleyTim HeadLubaina HimidShirazeh HoushiaryGary HumeCallum InnesIsaac JulienPhillip KingTania KovatsHenry KrokatsisMichael LandyBen LanglandsChristopher Le BrunLiliane LijnJeff McMillanLisa MilroyHaroon MirzaGoshka MacugaMike NelsonHayley NewmanChris OrrVicken ParsonsEddie PeakeSimon PeritonSusan PhilipszAmalia PicaSarah PickeringKathy PrendergastCharlotte ProdgerDavid RemfryLiz RidealBen RiversEva RothschildJenny SavilleConrad ShawcrossYinka ShonibareGavin TurkKeith TysonJessica VoorsangerMark WallingerRebecca WarrenSue WebsterRichard WentworthJane WilsonLouise WilsonRichard WilsonSarah WoodfineBill WoodrowRichard WrightCatherine YassCarey YoungAbbas Zahedi |
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