After more than a decade of watching the arts vanish from school corridors, the Government has finally changed its tune.

In a major education shake-up, ministers have scrapped the EBacc the rigid academic benchmark that side-lined creative subjects - and pledged to put the arts back at the heart of the national curriculum.

The move is part of The Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR), a report led by Professor Becky Francis and published today by the Department for Education.

The Royal Ballet and Opera has called the decision “an investment in our future”, praising the reforms as a chance to restore creativity, empathy and joy to the classroom - things that don’t tend to show up in a multiple-choice test.

The Royal Ballet and Opera welcomes the Government’s commitment Getty Images

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