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  1. Blog category
    •  Artsmark20
    •  Blog
    •  primary school

    Day to Create: a visit from our Youth Advisory Board

    , 5 minute read

    Abby, a member of the Youth Advisory Board, reflects on her visit to an Artsmark school during their #DaytoCreate celebrations.

    An image of the sign of Brinsworth Howarth Primary School
  2. Blog category
    •  secondary school
    •  wellbeing
    •  Artsmark Gold

    How we use arts and creativity to boost student and staff wellbeing

    In our second Artsmark in action blog we hear from Alexis Pelling, Artsmark Lead at Cheam High School, a secondary school in Cheam, Surrey.

    Art work on a wall outside a school
  3. Blog category
    •  cross-curricular
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  secondary school

    School should be more than merely passing exams

    Peter Robinson from Our Lady's Catholic High School talked to The Guardian about how achieving an Artsmark Platinum Award can change the life of a school.

  4. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  secondary school

    Be the best you can be with Artsmark

    The Artsmark Award has been a part of Havelock Academy for over ten years now, holding a Gold award under the previous framework, and in 2017 we gained our Platinum Award in the new, refreshed framework.

    Male pupil and teacher looking at a tablet screen
  5. Blog category
    •  Arts Award
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  creative careers

    Artsmark and Arts Award is a winning formula for success

    Delivering Arts Award’s range of qualifications can help schools meet the Artsmark criteria – enabling personalised delivery, facilitating progress, developing leadership skills and offering CPD opportunities for teaching staff.

  6. Blog category
    •  creative careers
    •  pupil voice
    •  secondary school

    Nurturing Young People’s Talent

    Rosie Gill, a Year 9 student at Ballard School, is one of the youngest people to achieve Distinction as an associate of the Royal School of Music and Trinity Music College.

  7. Blog category
    •  dance
    •  cross-curricular
    •  primary school

    Activating Dance in Primary School

    Claire Somerville, Head of Children and Young People’s Dance at One Dance UK, explains more about the PE & Sport Premium and how it can be used to benefit dance in primary schools.

  8. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Partner
    •  secondary school
    •  sixth form

    Knife Crime Awareness

    Between 2017 and 2018 Knife Crime in England and Wales rose to record levels with the number of fatal stabbings the highest since Home Office reports began in 1946.