The inherent advantage of creative and practical subjects.

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I was recently asked if I would sign a petition protesting at the exclusion of creative and practical subjects from the Ebacc. I know this will probably make me very unpopular, but I declined to do so

Well, I would, wouldn’t I? I’m a languages teacher. I’ll do whatever it takes to promote my subject. I obviously do not care about the marginalisation and downgrading of practical and creative subjects. I obviously want to see schools become sterile places with no art, music, sport or drama. I’m just a selfish subject specialist.

Actually, no. It’s just that I’ve never heard of a school which doesn’t promote art, music, sport or drama. If you know of any, please let me know and I will change my mind about the Ebacc, because, contrary to what you might suppose, I do believe these subjects are important. Yet I also believe that practical and creative…

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