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Drama: Further Education

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many colleges listed drama as (a) a specialism, (b) a second specialism and (c) a combined specialism in each of the last three years. (218864)

Schools specialising in drama will normally be designated as specialist Arts colleges. The Arts specialism covers performing arts, visual arts or media arts, or combinations of the three; we do not keep records of which particular strands individual schools focus on. The number of schools that have been designated with Arts college status in each of the last three years is listed in the following table:

Specialism (a)

Second specialism (b)

Combined specialism (c)

Total

2005/06

60

7

6

63

2006/07

39

5

10

54

2007/08

33

1

7

41

Total

122

13

23

158

In addition, there are two Performing Arts Academies and the Brit School—the only City College for the Technology of the Arts, which is dedicated to education and vocational training for the performing arts and associated technologies.