In July last year we looked at how many pupils had taken qualifications in creative subjects between 2015 and 2022. We saw that entries had declined somewhat in performing arts and music, but remained fairly stable in art and design.
Today we’re going to extend this in two ways:
- See how patterns in entries to these subjects varied by school-level disadvantage
- Calculate the proportion of schools where no pupils took a qualification in each creative subject, and see how this varied by school-level disadvantage.
In the previous post and throughout this one, when we talk about a creative “subject”, we’re actually talking about a group of subjects. For example, “performing arts” includes qualifications in dance and drama, as well as others. The full list of subjects included in each group can be found here (pdf).
We’ll start by looking at the percentage of pupils[1] entered for qualifications in each subject over time.
