Child (5-10) arts participation by activity 2020

Participation of children aged 5 to 10 in arts activities in England is relatively high. Reading and writing are among the most popular activities among this age group, with around 81 percent of survey respondents in 2019/20 having engaged with the arts in this way in the previous year. Arts and crafts activities also ranked highly.

Share of children aged 5-10 who engaged with the arts in the last 12 months in England in 2019/20, by activity*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Reading and writing activities	81.1%
Arts and crafts activities	70.2%
Film or video activities	68.6%
Taken part in or been to street arts, circus, festival or carnival events	40.5%
Music activities	35.2%
Theatre and drama activities	25.8%
Dance activities	24.6%
Practised or rehearsed a musical instrument	14.9%
Other media activities**	10.3%
Played a musical instrument to an audience	5.8%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

April 2019 to March 2020

Number of respondents

834 respondents

Age group

5-10 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Data refers to out of school activities only.
** According to the source other media activities includes computer based activities (made, revised or wrote their own blog, website or podcast; made or revised their own computer game; or used a computer to create original artworks or animation), and radio activities (such as made radio broadcasts or programmes).
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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