Art Now: An Inquiry into the state of Art and Design Teaching in Early Years Foundation Stage, Primary and Secondary Education

Abstract

This report, commissioned by The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Art, Craft and Design in Education (APPG) is a collation of three years of evidence gathering and identifies why, increasingly, policies in education are impacting on the provision of the subject. The report includes: a large-scale subject-specific survey, testimonies of art educators, leadership teams, and parliamentarians national and international art educator research. The findings and recommendations that are timely and essential, as recently published data indicates that the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis are impacting on teachers, on our subject, and in turn, on a generation of young people