To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 17 January (HL Deb, col 322), what their evidence base is for the assertion that “in primary schools, broadly the same amount of time is spent teaching arts as is spent teaching history and geography”.
Answered on
12 February 2019
At primary school level, data from the Omnibus Survey in 2017 reveals that the average amount of time spent teaching music and art and design is broadly similar to the amount of time spent teaching history and geography. Data from the Omnibus Survey 2017 can be found in the table below. The survey is also attached for information.
Approximately how many minutes of teaching time do you spend in the average week on the following curriculum subjects? All Key Stages Summary table | |
Minutes spent on curriculum subject-specific lessons | |
Subject | Median |
English | 300 |
Maths | 300 |
Physical Education | 90 |
Science | 60 |
Computing | 45 |
Art and Design | 30 |
History | 30 |
Music | 30 |
Geography | 30 |
Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) | 30 |
Design and Technology | 30 |
Languages | 20 |
N=469 | |
This question has been filtered to a subset of respondents. | |
Source: Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey May 2016 and Senior Leader booster June 2016. | |