Today’s GCSE results reveal that music has one of the highest increases in uptake, of any subject in 2025. More than 38,000 students took GCSE music in 2025, an increase of 6.1% compared to 2024. In ...

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 ...

Students are showing an increased interest in taking GCSEs in modern foreign languages and music, exam results show. Spanish, German and French all saw a rise in entries this year, which one expert ...

One of Cardiff’s best performing schools has dropped is dropping GCSE music against a backdrop of city-wide budget cuts. The option for year 10s to start the GCSE music course in September won’t be ...

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Meanwhile, entries for music GCSE were up 8.7% to 35,861 compared with 32,980 in 2023. I think learning music is a great thing to do, and if 9% more people have reached the GCSE standard in music this ...