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<p>Music is compulsory in the national curriculum for 5 to 14 year olds. Data from
the Omnibus Survey in 2017 reveals that the average amount of teaching time in primary
schools was broadly similar to the amount of time spent teaching history and geography.
At secondary schools, the data from the school workforce census shows that the proportion
of time spent teaching music between 2010 and 2017 has remained broadly stable. In
2010 2.4% of total teaching hours were spent teaching music, compared with 2.3% in
2017. Full details are in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Proportion
of total teaching hours spent on music in years 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools
per week</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The network of music education hubs have four core roles, including ensuring
that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument
in whole classes. Data published recently by Arts Council England shows that in 2016-17,
91% of primary schools and 88% of secondary schools worked with their music education
hub on at least one of the hubs’ core roles. It also shows that 711,241 pupils in
state-funded schools learned to play instruments in lessons for whole classes that
were provided or supported by music education hubs.</p><p> </p><p>Academies are not
obliged to follow the national curriculum, but they are required to provide a broad
and balanced curriculum.</p><p> </p>
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