Headteachers and school senior leadership teams (SLTs) are likely to be personally supportive of music. However, they are caught professionally between a rock – finance – and a hard place – accountability – when it comes to music in schools.
With budgets still under pressure, and accountability measures like the EBacc and Progress 8 working against music's place in the curriculum, school leaders need music teachers' help to make the case for music.
Above all else, you need good-quality music teaching that is creative, imaginative and inclusive: make it so strong that students and parents demand that your school continues to support music.
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