Firm prospects? The future of post-16 performing arts

Drama & Theatre's most-read online story, gaining more than double the number of views of the next most-visited page in the last 90 days, was: ‘Performing Arts BTEC could be scrapped in post-16 qualifications reform’ (14 January 2021). This was not breaking news, and many a savvy drama teacher had long-before taken to social media upon discovering the Department for Education's proposals.

However, the potential reform was by no means common knowledge, and had easily slipped under the radar for many of us until the headlines and subsequent responses appeared. It is unsurprising, given the constant onslaught of news and announcements we have to deal with, that most of us don't check gov.uk on a daily basis (plus, it's such a clunky website that you probably couldn't find anything even if you wanted to).