Tim Palmer
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Head of Learning & Teaching; Reader in Music Education at Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Orchestral timpani & percussion. Researching Professional at Cambridge University Faculty of Education.
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As the head of a university music dept, we're at the sharp end of this. Gove's EBacc is to blame. Pupils no longer encouraged to take music GCSE -> drop in A Level + drop in teacher recruitment -> drop in university entrance -> fewer teachers trained -> schools not offering A Level or GCSE music 1/2
Show PostThe death spiral includes the closure of music departments across the country -> our severe current shortage of school music teachers. Round we go. You might think a kid can pick up a guitar or a mic but they need a wide music ecosystem to thrive, and without music for young people, music will die.
Show Postand FFS guitars and mics and garages to set up bands in takes MONEY. Humans are a musical species. No child should be deprived of music.
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Usual caveats - not my dataset, A-level only (and, no, I don't have the VQ dataset), and all numbers from Ofqual.
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