arts teaching hours and workforce 2017

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Decline in the hours of arts teaching and number of arts teachers in England’s secondary schools Briefing July 2017 Department for Education figures published in June 2017 show that between 2010 and 2016 the number of hours the arts were taught in secondary schools fell by -17% and the number of arts teachers fell by -16%. In comparison the EBacc subjects of History and Geography saw rises in the number of teachers and of hours taught of between +11% and +23%. Design and Technology is experiencing the greatest falls with -25% fewer teachers and -28% fewer hours of teaching. Drama teacher numbers have fallen by -17% and the hours taught by -13%. These hours include teaching time from non-specialists. Art & Design teachers have declined by -9% with a reduction of -15% in teaching hours. All data from the Department for Education School Workforce in England statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce. Headcount of teachers by subject 2010 2015 2016 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 Percentage change 2010 to 2016 History 15000 16500 16600 1% 11% Geography 13500 15400 15800 3% 17% Design and Technology 15000 11500 11300 -2% -25% Music 7500 6900 6700 -3% -11% Drama 11100 9400 9200 -2% -17% Art & Design 13200 12000 12000 0% -9% All arts subjects 46800 39800 39200 -2% -16% Hours taught by subject 2010 2015 2016 Percentage change 2015 to 2016 Percentage change 2010 to 2016 History 153400 177000 182000 3% 19% Geography 138700 164100 170100 4% 23% Design and Technology 119900 89500 86500 -3% -28% Music 92700 85500 83600 -2% -10% Drama 95000 85100 82900 -3% -13% Art & Design 159800 139000 136500 -2% -15% All arts subjects 467400 399100 389500 -2% -17% Data for Dance is not available in the released DfE figures.

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DeclineinthehoursofartsteachingandnumberofartsteachersinEngland’ssecondaryschoolsBriefingJuly2017DepartmentforEducationfigurespublishedinJune2017showthatbetween2010and2016thenumberofhourstheartsweretaughtinsecondaryschoolsfellby-17%andthenumberofartsteachersfellby-16%.IncomparisontheEBaccsubjectsofHistoryandGeographysawrisesinthenumberofteachersandofhourstaughtofbetween+11%and+23%.

• DesignandTechnologyisexperiencingthegreatestfallswith-25%fewerteachersand-28%fewerhoursofteaching.

• Dramateachernumbershavefallenby-17%andthehourstaughtby-13%.Thesehoursincludeteachingtimefromnon-specialists.

• Art&Designteachershavedeclinedby-9%withareductionof-15%inteachinghours.

AlldatafromtheDepartmentforEducationSchoolWorkforceinEnglandstatisticshttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce.Headcountofteachersbysubject 2010 2015 2016 Percentagechange

2015to2016Percentagechange

2010to2016History 15000 16500 16600 1% 11%Geography 13500 15400 15800 3% 17%DesignandTechnology 15000 11500 11300 -2% -25%Music 7500 6900 6700 -3% -11%Drama 11100 9400 9200 -2% -17%Art&Design 13200 12000 12000 0% -9%Allartssubjects 46800 39800 39200 -2% -16%Hourstaughtbysubject 2010 2015 2016 Percentagechange

2015to2016Percentagechange

2010to2016History 153400 177000 182000 3% 19%Geography 138700 164100 170100 4% 23%DesignandTechnology 119900 89500 86500 -3% -28%Music 92700 85500 83600 -2% -10%Drama 95000 85100 82900 -3% -13%Art&Design 159800 139000 136500 -2% -15%Allartssubjects 467400 399100 389500 -2% -17%

DataforDanceisnotavailableinthereleasedDfEfigures.