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CCE wins WISE Award for C...

Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) was announced as one of the winners of a US$20,000 WISE Award on 27 September, 2011. The award, from the Qatar-based WISE Foundation, is for CCE’s Creative Partnerships programme, which worked with 2700 schools across England, developing the skills of young people, raising their aspirations and opening up new opportunities. Running in parallel with the World Innovation...

The Manning School for Gi...

The Manning School for Girls in Nottingham was a Creative Partnerships School of Creativity working with the programme to further develop creative teaching and learning practices, form innovative partnerships with other schools and help to shape future education policy and practice. There are 38 different languages spoken across this inner city school which started working with Creative Partnerships back in 2003...

Stepping into the space a...

A group of young people from Leicester are stepping into the space age this autumn as they use a mix of drama and science to explore their new school. Pupils from Beaumont Leys School have been working with local charity The Mighty Creatives and acclaimed theatre company Stan’s Cafe through the Creative Partnerships programme to build ‘Space Steps’ – an interactive trail around the school which...

Royal Opera House Dragons...

How and why did a group of pupils from a school in Essex come to be pitching their new brands of smoothies and soups to a panel of experts from international organisations at the world-famous Royal Opera House in Covent Garden? The Sweyne Park School in Rayleigh, Essex is a specialist science school and Creative Partnerships Change School with 1,300 pupils aged 11-16. Whilst reflecting on the latest Ofsted report,...

Flight of fantasy takes o...

Kingsland Primary School in Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent has experienced a ‘world-first’ as a commercial aeroplane arrived on site to become a new learning space with a difference. The new classroom is a 22m long former commercial aircraft which, for over thirty years, carried thousands of passengers to, amongst other destinations, Ireland and the Mediterranean. Pupils and staff at Kingsland School will spend the...

Closure of Creative Partnerships

Funding withdrawn

Creative Partnerships was the UK’s flagship creative learning programme running throughout England from 2002 until 30 September 2011 when funding was withdrawn by Arts Council England.

About Creative Partnerships

The Creative Partnerships programme brought creative workers such as artists, architects and scientists into schools to work with teachers to inspire young people and help them learn.

Research & Impact

From 2002-2011, Creative Partnerships worked intensively with over 2,700 schools across England, 90,000 teachers and over 1 million young people. Extensive research for the Creative Partnerships programme can be found on the Creativity, Culture and Education website.