The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) and Music Teacher magazine have renewed calls for the Government to review the English Baccalaureate (EBac) with the aim of including music in a sixth pillar of creative and cultural academic subjects.
The EBac ranks schools on the proportion of pupils who get an A* to C grade in five pillars of subject option: maths, English, a language, a science and a humanities subject. But the respected (and higher level) International Baccalaureate (IB) has six pillars of subjects for pupils to pick from including a creative and cultural option.
