Department for Education written question – answered at on 22 May 2025.
Caroline Dinenage
Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) duties and (b) responsibilities of the delivery lead for the National Centre for Arts and Music Education will be; and what assets they will (i) manage and (ii) own.
Caroline Dinenage
Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding she has allocated to the National Centre for Arts and Music Education.
Caroline Dinenage
Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how young people will be able to use the National Centre for Arts and Music Education.
Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State (Education)
On 18 March, the department announced our intention to launch a new National Centre for Arts and Music Education.
The National Centre will support the delivery of high-quality arts education in schools, including through online training, local partnership and better information for teachers, parents and young people.
By widening access to a high-quality arts education, the National Centre will aid schools and others in teaching a rich and broad arts education to all children. It will also support a globally respected creative economy by opening up career paths to a new generation of musicians, artists, film-makers and creatives.
Our plan is to launch the National Centre in September 2026, with a delivery lead appointed through an open procurement. Further details, including funding, will be released in due course.
The new National Centre will also take over the management of the existing Music Hubs programme.
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