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What is an Artsmark school?
When you register for Artsmark, you become part of an ever-growing network of schools committed to arts, culture and creativity in education.
Collaboration plays a key role in an Artsmark journey including peer-to-peer learning. We encourage you to reach out to Artsmark schools in your area to learn first-hand how Artsmark can transform your school.
Below you’ll find a list of all schools on their Artsmark journey - download and filter by region and postcode.
Let’s connect, collaborate and celebrate arts and cultural education!
All awarded schools
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If you want to search for an Artsmark school or setting in your area, download this list of all Artsmark settings. Please note we update these lists twice a term.
Artsmark Progress Guide definitions:
Registered - the school has registered and is attending the development training with Goldsmiths
Working towards - the school has submitted part or all of their application and is working towards accreditation
Awarded - the setting has been awarded an Artsmark level: Silver, Gold or Platinum
Artsmark case studies
In January 2022, Fusion (Barnsley’s Local Cultural Education Partnership) introduced its first Creative Schools Programme to support settings in embedding the arts, culture, creativity and heritage across the whole curriculum.
St Paul's Juniors' Artsmark journey began as a means of getting accreditation for their arts provision. However, they soon began to see opportunities to improve, specifically pursuing more meaningful collaborations across departments.
The Rotherham Artsmark Consortium group is bringing together schools to collaborate in new ways, make unexpected connections and help arts education thrive in South Yorkshire.
My #Artsmark20 story: creating positive, inclusive, confidence-building experiences for young people
Ellesmere College, an SEND setting in the East Midlands, used Artsmark as a way to deepen their knowledge and expertise, drawing on the talents of its specialist staff to create positive, inclusive, confidence-building experiences for its students.
This CPD video video from Artsmark Partner, The Drama Geezers, introduces you to some quick and fun Drama activities to try out with your students.
Having worked to consolidate their Artsmark Gold Award in 2015, achieved Platinum in 2017 and then again in 2019, Newminster Middle School have reapplied to continue their Artsmark journey this year... but why?
This video case study highlights the impact achieving a Platinum Artsmark Award had on Adderley Primary's whole school community, including interviews with the school's Arts Council, Arts Governor and Arts Leaders.
Martin Knowles, headteacher of the Essa Academy in Bolton, has long been a proponent of the arts, believing that they are a crucial way to broaden learning experiences and give pupils the chance to succeed in a wide array of subjects.
“We were very much a meat and potatoes school,” says Gwen Perfitt, from Corringham Primary in Essex, in her assessment of her school’s former level of arts provision.
The new Ofsted framework (2019) holds schools to account to develop character – including their resilience, confidence and independence – and help students know how to keep physically and mentally healthy.
