Phillipson: New curriculum review will promote arts subjects

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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says a new curriculum review will give pupils a "really firm foundation" in core subjects like English and Maths, as well as encouraging them to take up creative subjects like art and drama.    Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We're investing more this year and every year in our schools because we know that it's essential to help our children succeed.

00:06The curriculum and assessment review that we committed to from opposition and today we're delivering

00:11will make sure that after a decade we refresh and revitalise our curriculum

00:15so that young people have a really firm foundation in the academic subjects like English and Maths,

00:20those kind of core subjects, but alongside that they have a broad and rich curriculum,

00:25the chance to study subjects like music and art and drama and that's what parents want to see

00:30and that's why the response today has been really well received from business leaders

00:35by some of our most successful academy trust leaders, creative organisations and I think parents will welcome it too.

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