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  1. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  arts partnerships
    •  peer learning

    Pupil Referral Unit pioneers North West Specialist Arts Network

    15 November 2023

    Manchester Secondary Pupil Referral Unit (MSPRU) is a multi-site Alternative Provision school located across five sites in Manchester. Hear about how their crucial creative partnership work has empowered them to lead the newly-formed North West Specialist Arts Network.

    Two globe art sculptures with images of Black Britons on them.
  2. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    Eastbury Community School's long-lasting partnership with Royal Shakespeare Company

    14 November 2023, 5 minute read

    To celebrate a decade of partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Eastbury Community School have transitioned to a new tier of Associate School: RSC Champion School.

    A group of students in a school hall.
  3. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    Artsmark and Arts Award in partnership

    14 November 2023, 3 minute read

    Read about St Paul’s Catholic School's collaboration with a local mosaic artist.

    A group of Year 7 and 8 students in school uniform smiling while standing round a mosaic.
  4. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  arts partnerships

    Colton Hills speak up!

    13 November 2023

    We hear from staff and pupils at Colton Hill Primary School about how engaging with creative arts organisations and practitioners has given them really exciting opportunities.

    A young girl is sitting in a chair with a drum kit behind her
  5. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    Gifford Primary School sign the Ealing Charter

    13 November 2023, 3 minute read

    Gifford Primary School share their partnership and collaboration work that has supported their Artsmark journey, including signing up to The Ealing Arts Charter

    A brick wall painted in bright colours
  6. Blog category
    •  research
    •  povertyproofing
    •  Artsmark

    How can we remove barriers to culture and creativity for pupils living in poverty?

    15 September 2023, 10 minute read

    We're working with Children North East on a Poverty Proofing© project to ensure children and young people have access to arts, culture and creativity in education.

    A woman with grey hair and a bright green top is looking to the camera, smiling. Another woman is smiling behind her.
  7. Promoting the arts in school benefits the whole curriculum – pupils grow in confidence and perform better across the board, writes the principal of an Artsmark Platinum Award school.

    A group of young women stand on a stage, staring at an audience with wide eyed and expressive looks on their faces. They are wearing black tops with a blue bricked wall behind them.
  8. Blog category
    •  Blog

    Artsmark - why we’re in it for the long run

    20 June 2023, 10 minute read

    Two schools explain why Artsmark is not an end in itself, but a long-term commitment, a spur to further action and just the start of their arts journey.

    A group of young people stand on a stage acting