Singing in school should be embraced music teachers’ association says

Data has found that, outside of the run-up to Christmas, singing in school is far less common, especially after students leave primary school. An association of music teachers is calling on every school to have a choir and for music to be embraced by students. This comes after a decline in music as a GCSE subject.

The government says it is investing in high-quality music education, adding that a “renewed curriculum” would encourage more pupils to take it up.

A recent survey on singing in school by Teacher Tapp asked around 10,000 teachers in England how often the entire school sang during assembly. 57% of state secondary school teachers aid that their students never sang together in assembly, compared with 13% of private secondary school teachers and 4% of primary teachers.

Teachers were also asked if their school had a choir. Around a third of state secondary school teachers responded that their school did not, compared with around 8% of private secondary school teachers.

Multiple choirs was also much more common in private schools, according to the responses to the survey, with three-quarters of private secondary teachers saying that their school had more than one, compared with only 27%.

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