Arts Council England explain that; Involvement with arts and culture is crucial to imagination, self-expression and creativity in young people. It also develops the skills that fuel the success of the UK’s creative industries, and that will result in the next generation of creative talent across the country.

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A number of Arts organisations across the country work alongside the Department of Education (DoE) and The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) to ensure that creative learning has “a central role to play” in the provision of high-quality cultural education.

Baroness Deborah Bull, Chair of Cultural Education Plan Expert Advisory Panel

The arts are the highest form of human achievement. Through art we not only make sense of ourselves and the world, we also make our lives enchanted. Art allows us to celebrate our common humanity and communicate across boundaries. Artistic endeavour marks us out from the rest of nature as creators and celebrators of beauty. That is why no education can be complete, indeed no programme of education can even begin, without making the arts and creativity central to a child's life.

Introduction from the Cultural Education, Summary programmes and opportunities Report, Department for Education & Department for Culture, Media & Sport 2013