Creative subjects being squeezed out of poorer schools, says major arts study

Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, and Sir Peter Bazalgette, chairman of the Arts Council England, are among the members of a commission that found the number of specialist arts teachers in state schools had declined by 11 per cent in the past few years.

The number of drama teachers has also dropped by 8 per cent, according to the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value, while the amount of time allocated to drama teaching has been cut by 4 per cent. Art and design teachers have suffered a 6 per cent cut in hours. Article