Policy paper

Cultural education

Document setting out the government's plan for cultural education in England, summarising opportunities open to schools and teachers.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Education, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, The Rt Hon Michael Gove and Ed Vaizey
• Published: 5 July 2013
• Last updated: 5 August 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Cultural education

Ref: DFE-00103-2013

PDF, 721 KB, 82 pages

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The government believes that cultural education forms an important part of a broad and balanced curriculum, and that children and young people should be provided with an engaging variety of cultural experiences throughout their time at school.

The cultural education document sets out the department’s plan for England and provides an overview of the programmes and opportunities open to schools and teachers to give all children access to a high-quality cultural education. It follows Darren Henley’s review of cultural education published in February 2012.

Published 5 July 2013
Last updated 5 August 2013 + show all updates

1. 5 August 2013

   Updated to include information about funding for choristers.

2. 5 July 2013

   First published.