Pupils come to understand better the human condition if music, drama and art are central to the life of a School. That sounds portenous, but at Bromsgrove we believe it. If the arts exist to tick boxes on CVs or turn pupils into performing robots, then better they don't exist at all. Experience can be amplified and intensified through the arts, and at their best they they can increase our sensitivity to and empathy with others. They are that important.