Baroness Bull appointed to chair Cultural Education Plan advisory panel

Baroness Deborah Bull CBE has been appointed as chair of the Expert Advisory Panel for the Cultural Education Plan which is expected by next year.

The plan was announced in the Schools White Paper in March. The full panel will be announced later this year and will include school and cultural sector leaders, and other experts in cultural education. The plan aims to highlight the importance of high-quality cultural education in schools, outline and support career progression pathways, address skills gaps and tackle disparities in opportunity and outcome. The Government will work closely with Arts Council England, the British Film Institute, Historic England and National Lottery Heritage Fund on the project.

Baroness Bull has had extensive expertise in the arts, both as a performer in the Royal Ballet, within creative leadership at the Royal Opera House and in governance roles on the boards of the South Bank Centre and Arts Council England. Over the last decade she has also worked in higher education, developing partnerships between the university sector and arts and cultural organisations. She co-chairs the APPG on Creative Diversity.

She has also served on the boards of the South Bank Centre and Arts Council England, was a governor of the BBC, a judge for the 2010 Booker Prize and a member of the governing body of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

She said: "I’m delighted to be appointed to the role and look forward to working with the panel to develop a rich and diverse Cultural Education Plan that will deliver for children right across the country."

This is a voluntary position and there will be no remuneration for the role.