As students across the UK receive their exam results, the JCQ documents the lowest number of music GCSE entries since their public records began. The number of students taking music GCSE across the UK ...
Professional bodies have expressed ‘great concern’ following a sharp decline in the amount of GCSE students taking music as an exam option. Entries for GCSE Music have hit a record low, with the ...
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The GCSE Music specification encourages an integrated approach to the three distinct disciplines of performing, composing and appraising through four interrelated areas of study. Discover GCSE Set ...
Entries for GCSE music are up 6.1% on 2024, figures show. Entries for music GCSE were up in 2025 (Alamy/PA) Music GCSE is enjoying a “post-Covid bounce-back” with a rise in entries for the subject, ...
Music GCSE is enjoying a “post-Covid bounce-back” with a rise in entries for the subject, figures show. Use of self-study videos and tutorials during the pandemic may have helped the qualification’s ...