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- Artsmark 20
- literacy
Creating the perfect whole-school environment to inspire a love of reading
29 March 2022Race 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.
- Blog category
- secondary school
- wellbeing
- Artsmark Gold
How we use arts and creativity to boost student and staff wellbeing
5 November 2020In our second Artsmark in action blog we hear from Alexis Pelling, Artsmark Lead at Cheam High School, a secondary school in Cheam, Surrey.
- Blog category
- literacy
- cross-curricular
Creativity captures pupils' imaginations on World Book Day
4 March 2020To celebrate #WorldBookDay we’ve spoken to three recently awarded Artsmark schools to find out how they infuse their English curriculum with creativity.
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.
- Blog category
- Artsmark Platinum
- secondary school
Be the best you can be with Artsmark
4 October 2018The 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.
- Blog category
- cross-curricular
- Artsmark Platinum
- secondary school
School should be more than merely passing exams
2 March 2018Peter 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.
- Blog category
- creative careers
- pupil voice
- secondary school
Nurturing Young People’s Talent
10 October 2017Rosie 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.