Wednesday marked the final day of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, where Ministers reiterated the importance of widening access to opportunity for every child to drive learning, skills, personal development and economic growth.

Ensuring access to the arts in schools is central to this vision. Writing in Arts Professional, Jacqui O’Hanlon explains how the Curriculum and Assessment Review is a golden opportunity to put the arts back into education and improve outcomes for millions of children and young people.

As we await the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review, government has the chance to do something truly transformational and make good on its promise for every young person to be able to study a creative subject until the age of 16. 

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is one of 50 arts organisations calling on government to make Expressive Arts subjects accessible to all children and young people in England.

Jacqui O'Hanlon, Deputy Executive Director in Arts Professional