Protect Music Education

Our contribution to the campaign to Protect Music Education

“Education, or rather good education, has never been and will never be about prioritizing ‘core’ subjects. Neither is it about relentless assessment in these subjects with the sole purpose of generating league tables of performance. More children may indeed leave school literate and numerate, but they cannot by any stretch of the imagination consider themselves ‘educated’ unless they have been given the opportunity to express and explore their creativity and individuality through singing, playing music, dancing, acting, painting, running and jumping. By not valuing or investing in these vital areas of a child’s education, we move ever closer to a reality that scarily resembles Pink Floyd’s ominous and portentous video for Another Brick In The Wall…..but with the sound turned down!”