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<p>The information requested is not held centrally regarding individual schools and
how much they spend on music education, as this is delivered within every school's
core funding. However, the Government is clear that music is an important subject
and that all pupils should receive a high quality music education, at least up to
age 14 as part of the national curriculum. In addition, the Government is providing
funding of over £300 million for music education hubs between 2016 and 2020.</p><p>Music
education hubs cover every local authority area, and focus on assessing and meeting
local needs of children, drawing on a range of local, national and regional music
and arts provision in each area. The core roles of the hubs are to ensure that every
child aged 5-18 can learn a musical instrument through whole-class ensemble teaching
programmes for ideally a year (but for a minimum of a term) of weekly tuition on the
same instrument. Their role is also to provide opportunities to play in ensembles
and to perform from an early stage, to ensure that clear progression routes are available
and affordable to all young people, and to develop a singing strategy to ensure that
every pupil sings regularly and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available
in the area.</p><p>Financial allocations to music education hubs by local authority
area can be found at: <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/music-education/music-education-hubs"
target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/music-education/music-education-hubs</a>.</p><p>In
order to ensure all pupils are able to enjoy a high quality music education, the Department
is developing and publishing a non-statutory model music curriculum for Key Stages
1-3. This will expand on the statutory programmes of study and act as a benchmark
for all schools.</p><p> </p>
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