Funding boost for the arts to support talented pupils

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb has announced £96 million to support talented music, drama and dance pupil’s kick-start their career in the arts.

The money will give pupils across the country access to a range of cultural opportunities including:

•Training at the world-famous Royal Ballet School in London;
•Film-making classes at the BFI Film Academy;
•Free opportunities to study art and design at their local college or university; and
•Visits to museums and galleries, using quality resources to support their classroom teaching.

Read more about the detail at the link below.

The announcement was followed up by an encouraging newspaper article Arts education should be the entitlement of every child by the Minister - please read here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/04/10/arts-education-should-entitlement-every-chld/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw

For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-boost-for-the-arts-to-support-talented-pupils