The Department for Education's new Enrichment Framework for Schools and Colleges, published in June 2026, marks a significant shift in how education values young people's experiences beyond the classroom. For the first time, schools and colleges have a national framework to support the planning, delivery and evaluation of enrichment opportunities, recognising that education is about much more than examination results. For the drama and theatre education community, this repres

Drama Education Is Part of the Solution to Youth Disengagement

Drama and Theatre Education Alliance Responds to Removal of Higher Education Funding for Creative and Performing Arts Courses The Drama and Theatre Education Alliance (DTEA) is deeply concerned by the Government's decision to remove Strategic Priorities Grant funding from performing and creative arts courses within higher education. This decision sends a troubling message about the value of creativity within our education system and risks undermining one of the United Kingdom

A-level drama has fallen by 53% since 2010 to it's lowest level ever recorded. A-level Drama entries in England have fallen to their lowest ever level, according to data from Ofqual this week, who also reported significant further reductions in GCSE entries. This summer's A-level exam entries show a fall of 9.5% since 2025, to a total 6710. GCSE Drama entries decreased less, but there is still a reduction of 0.9%. The figures are particularly stark when considering overall ex

The DTEA welcomes the recommendation in the Independent Review of ACE

The Cultural Learning Alliance (CLA) has published the second edition of it's annual Report Card, written by Baz Ramaiah, CLA Policy and...

Last year the biggest survey of youth theatres since 2011 took place, which involved the work of many organisations. The finding has now...

Improving the curriculum and assessment system. The Department For Education is seeking views from stakeholders to share their...

Heidi Ashton & David Ashton Read the full article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10286632.2022.2058497 The article...

The DTEA rounds up the manifesto demands for the Creative, Cultural & Education sectors ahead of the UK General Election 2024

Celebrating with schools, youth groups and teachers up and down the country, Steve Ball, co-chair of the Drama and Theatre Education...

On the 23rd April, we attended Our Creative Future, hosted by Creative UK and Land of Hope and Story - launching the Creative UK...

The Curve Theatre, Leicester, has published a report on the impact of creative engagement on young people. Based on a year-long project,...

Travelling Light Theatre Company have recently completed a two-year creative learning project - Light Up School Learning – a project...

National Drama, the subject body for Drama in the UK, has composed a document which outlines its commitment to include Drama on the...

In December 2023, The House of Lords published a report by the 11-16 Education Committee. This was a long-awaited report, which DTEA...

DTEA members attended the Music & Drama Education Expo on 22nd and 23rd February, exhibiting and running CPD sessions for visitors. Dr...

A campaign for broadening the curriculum The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has launched a campaign to Save Our Subjects, and we...

National Drama was invited to The House of Lords’ enquiry into Secondary Education on 11 May 2023 (Thursday). A paper presenting the case...

Sally Bacon and Pauline Tambling talked to Geoff Readman, Chair of National Drama, and Secretary of the DTEA, about the role of drama in...