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It’s why I am excited to be driving the Arts Council’s vision for creative and cultural practitioners.

Involvement with arts and culture is crucial to imagination, self-expression and creativity in young people.

Creative health is fundamental to a healthy and prosperous society, and its benefits should be available and accessible to all

Sportlight teaser - For many schools, artistic achievement and academic rigour may seem like polar opposites. With limited funds and time, schools often feel like they need to focus on one (academic) over the other (the arts). However, at The Victory Academy we’ve shown it’s possible to drive both cultural and academic success simultaneously. We’ve drawn inspiration from our Platinum Artsmark Award to offer an expansive, well-rounded education that unleashes the potential of every one of our students.

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

Professor Tara Page leads Goldsmiths' Artsmark learning programme. This Artsmark Celebration Week, she reflects on our first year working in partnership.

Race Leys Junior School's environment is very bespoke, with each communal area focusing on a classic children's book such as Harry Potter, or JM Barry's Peter Pan. Find out how they redesigned the school environment to improve a love of reading for pupils. 

Artswork share practical resources to help teachers lead creative workshops focused on three different activities; creating a vegetable orchestra, lyric/song-writing and spoken word performance