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School drama doesn’t need GCSEs – or Ebaccs, for that matter, Notebook

School drama doesn’t need GCSEs – or Ebaccs, for that matter

As soon as Education Secretary, Michael Gove speaks, most of the education establishment is so busy automatically loathing him and finding fault with his every word that they forget to listen to what he is actually saying.

By | Notebook | Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 10:58 am

Today from i: Still pulling them in, Notebook

Today from i: Still pulling them in

As The Lion King musical, which first came to these shores in 1999, celebrates its 5,000th show at the Lyceum Theatre in London today, we take a look at other shows which have stood the test of time.

By | Notebook | Tuesday, 13 September 2011 at 12:28 pm

Fighting out of the Fringes: Drama teachers, unite against the Russell Group!, Arts

Fighting out of the Fringes: Drama teachers, unite against the Russell Group!

Numbers are coming through for next year’s GCSE and A-Level courses.  For many teachers of Art, Drama and Music these numbers are down.  In some cases considerably so.  With the government’s move to Academy schools, subjects struggling to keep up the numbers will be cut.  Academies first and foremost are businesses and just like in [...]

By | Arts | Sunday, 24 April 2011 at 9:24 pm

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