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Write to your MP
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Letter updated following Government announcement on Thursday 7 February and subsequent announcements.
You can copy this letter into a word processor document, print it, and then post it to your local MP. Be sure to remember to fill in the text in red. {name of MP} House of Commons Westminster London SW1A 0AA Dear {name of MP}, Abolishing the EBacc and ABacc or including creative subjects I am deeply concerned by the omission of creative subjects from the Government's English Baccalaureate (EBacc) and the equivalent A-level league table measures. As it stands at the moment, the EBacc and A-level equivalent league tables place significant pressure on schools to focus on just five ‘pillars’ of study: maths, English, sciences, languages (including Ancient Greek and Latin) and humanities (defined as just history and geography). These are undoubtedly important, but the omission of creative subjects threatens a broad and balanced education and puts our creative economy and the creation of jobs in that sector at risk. Hundreds of businesses, education and creative industry organisations have called for the Government to include creative subjects in the league tables and the absence of creative industry relevant subjects has been criticised explicitly by the CBI, Creative Industries Council, Royal Institute of British Architects, the Incorporated Society of Musicians, the Include Design campaign, Heads for the Arts, UK Music and the BPI - the UK's recorded music industry. Given that the the Secretary of State has now agreed to include computer sciences in the science 'pillar' of the EBacc league table, I would like the Government to include the creative industries, which contribute over £60bn a year to the UK economy and £36.3bn in Gross Value Added (according to the Government's own figures). Please could you raise these concerns with the Prime Minister and secure the place of creative industry relevant subjects in the EBacc and equivalent A-level league tables. I look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, {your name} |
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