ISM MUSIC JOURNAL MARCH/APRIL 2022 | NEWS & CAMPAIGNS
News & campaigns
Music Education Ahead of the release of the refreshed National Plan for Music Education (NPME), which is expected in spring 2022, the ISM continues to campaign for every child to have access to high-quality music education and a broad and balanced curriculum.
‘ISM music education survey reveals 99% of teachers want consultation over NPME‘ The ISM’s recent survey of music teachers has shown that 99% of respondents want to be consulted on the draft refreshed National Plan for Music Education (NPME) before it is finalised. Over 500 music teachers in England took part in the survey. Thanking teachers for their responses, ISM Chief Executive Deborah Annetts said: ‘We hope the Department of Education now commits to a meaningful consultation with music teachers on the draft refreshed NPME.’ Further survey results will be released in due course.
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ISM Chief Executive Deborah Annetts asks Ofqual Chair Ian Bauckham to retract harmful proposal In January ISM Chief Executive Deborah Annetts wrote to the Chair of Ofqual, Ian Bauckham, asking him to retract his proposal to suspend the teaching of certain specialist subjects, including music, to help solve the staffing crisis caused by COVID-19. The letter pointed out that the proposal would be highly damaging to music education and was contrary to the government’s commitment to music in schools and to delivering a broad and balanced curriculum. Following the ISM’s letter and emails to Ofqual from many ISM members, Ian Bauckham responded and made it clear that he was not writing in his capacity as Chair of Ofqual and that he supports music education in schools. Read the letter and Ian Bauckham’s response in full: ism.org/news/ism-writes-to-chair-of-ofqual
