How often do you sing at school?
We want to know - do you sing at school?
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Around the festive period, it's likely you'll be singing classics like Silent Night and Jingle Bells at school in assemblies or in class, or maybe you'll be belting out bangers during your end of year show.
But some teachers have said during the rest of the year, singing at school is much less common, especially in secondary school.
How about you? Do you sing at school in a choir, or do you have talent shows? Do you think singing with your mates is fun or do you find it kind of cringey? Let us know in the comments!
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Is singing in treble?
Some teachers said they didn't have a choir at their school at all
In a recent survey, Teacher Tapp asked just under 10,000 teachers in England how often their whole school sang together in assembly.
They found:
Over half of state secondary school teachers surveyed (57%) said their pupils never sang together in assembly
13% of private secondary school teachers said they also never sang
Only 4% of primary teachers said the same
Private school teachers were also more likely to say they had a choir, too - just over a third of secondary school teachers spoken to said they didn't have access to a choir at their school, compared to only 8% of the private school teachers involved in the survey.
The government says it is spending more money in high quality music teaching and that a "renewed curriculum" will encourage more people to study it at school.
