“Earlier this year, the board sent out a new history of art syllabus for consultation, which received widespread approval – but now it says that it has decided not to develop it for teaching in 2017. Students taking the current course will be unaffected and will be able to take their AS-level exams in 2017 and A-level exams in 2018, says the board. But this news means that once that course is phased out under government rules, they will be the last to take history of art for A-level.”