Children arts engagement in England 2019/20

According to a survey conducted in 2019/20, reading and writing were the most common arts activities for younger children as well as older children. Film and video activities ranked highly among 11 to 15 year olds, with nearly 79 percent saying they had engaged in this art form in the last year.

Share of children aged 11 to 15 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	82.6%
Film or video activities	78.8%
Arts and crafts activities	67.3%
Music activities	56.4%
Theatre and drama activities	53.5%
Taken part in or been to street arts, circus, festival or carnival events	34.3%
Any computer activities*	32.5%
Dance activities	28.9%
Practised or rehearsed a musical instrument	28.3%
Played a musical instrument to an audience	15.9%
Any radio activities	1.9%

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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

620 respondents

Age group

11-15 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Data refers to both in and out of school activities.
* 'Computer based activities' includes: made, revised or wrote your own blog, website or podcast; made or revised your own computer game; used a computer to create original artworks or animation. Playing games and surfing the internet are excluded.
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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