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  1. Blog category
    •  QA test blog category
    •  arts partnerships

    Oct Blog

    , 20 minute read

    Their future plans include a podcast studio to boost writing skills and pupil voice

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  2. Blog category
    •  Arts Award
    •  arts partnerships

    QA test Blog April 2025

    , 30 minute read

    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

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  3. Blog category
    •  Inclusion

    Celebrating the joy of creativity

    , 5 minute read

    Rainham Mark Grammar School proves that the power of the Arts can transform an entire school community, and give pupils a true sense of belonging.

    People standing outside holding up large painted letters.
  4. Blog category
    •  arts partnerships
    •  peer learning

    Pupil Referral Unit pioneers North West Specialist Arts Network

    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.
  5. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  arts partnerships

    Colton Hills speak up!

    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
  6. 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.
  7. Blog category
    •  Blog

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

    , 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
  8. Blog category
    •  Blog

    How to embed creativity across an academy trust with Artsmark

    , 10 minute read

    Putting creativity at the heart of a school is challenging – here one trust explains how it successfully embedded the arts.

    A group of children dance on a stage in dark red lighting.