ENGLAND
Music is a legal requirement of the National Curriculum from Key Stages 1 to 3.
Last November, the government announced £332m over three years to provide free music tuition for every primary school child for a year and £40m of new instruments.
The number of children learning an instrument has risen from 22 per cent to 50 per cent in the past three years, but junior schools minister Lord Adonis wants every child to have the opportunity to learn an instrument by 2011.
The In Harmony project began this month, allowing children from disadvantaged areas to receive music tuition and perform in public.
SCOTLAND
As part of the Scottish Government's new approach to teaching and learning in schools, music is included in the teachings of expressive arts under the Curriculum for Excellence, which covers the ages five to 14.
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