LETTER of the MONTH
LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE
It’s common knowledge that music provision in UK state schools continues to sink to new lows. Today, one in ive students has no option to study music at GCSE, let alone A level, and it will come as no surprise that the vast majority of such students live in the country’s most socio-economically deprived areas. In ive years as a classroom music teacher, I have seen a narrower and narrower focus on attainment in ‘core’ subjects at the expense of those that teach creativity, expression and teamwork.the shortening of lunch breaks, supposedly tothelp students learn more and misbehave less, has further restricted time for extra-curricular musical activities.