Artsmark Round 12 has now closed!
Thank you to all those settings who applied for Artsmark Round 12. This round is now closed. Round 13 will open in September 2012.
1630 applications were received, a really pleasing number considering we took a gap year out last year and have changed the criteria to focus on quality of provision as well as quantity.
We're also pleased that 70% of Founder FE colleges applied, taking advantage of us opening up the process to more organisations. Many of these colleges are beacons for arts practice in the FE sector and we hope this will encourage other colleges to apply in future rounds.
We will be announcing all awards week commencing 7 May 2012.
We wish you the very best of luck if you've applied this round!
All staff at Grafton Primary School receive high quality CPD through the partnerships we have with specialist Musicians, Artists, Dramatists and the school also employs an Advanced Skilled Teacher in Art and Design.
Staff have gained confidence because of the apprenticeship approach set by the specialist members of staff sharing good practice and model excellence. Learning from observation and team teaching has resulted in high standards and aspirational teaching. In turn, children feel few boundaries. Children see themselves as artists and not the students of the Arts, through hands on.
Specialist Arts teachers liaise with class teachers to develop links between curriculum areas. This work often leads to large-scale display projects or performances.
Testimonials
Dame Liz Forgan - Chair, Arts Council England
"Artsmark is an invaluable programme for education settings to benchmark their arts provision and ensure children and young people are engaging with broad, high-quality arts from a young age."
Dame Lynne Brindley - Chief Executive of the British Library
"Artsmark helps us all – governors, teachers, students and employers – to better understand, deliver and celebrate high-quality arts education.”
Pauline Tambling, Managing Director of National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural.
"Students in Artsmark colleges can be assured that the arts are taken seriously and that links with cultural employers are encouraged within the college."
Hofesh Shechter - one of the UK's most talked-about young choreographers
"Experiencing and participating in the arts can genuinely change the direction of someone's life and it is in our schools that these first encounters should take place.”