‘Horrible’ disparity emerging in cultural education in schools, says V&A head

Speaking at launch of UK's first museum created with and for young people', Tristram Hunt said it could help fill gap

A horrible disparity" is opening between state and private schools in the provision of creative education, the director of the V&A, one of the country's leading museums, has said.

Speaking at the launch of the Young V&A museum, aimed at children from birth to 14 years, Tristram Hunt said creative education was being downgraded or excluded in many state schools, leading to a 60% fall in the numbers of young people taking art and design subjects at GCSE.