Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington School - Media Arts & Science College, Hackney

‘Being a School of Creativity will provide us with new opportunities to push boundaries and develop our experience and expertise of using creativity as a tool for improvement. It is a fantastic recognition of the efforts that staff and students have put into making our school an exciting, enjoyable and vibrant place in which to work and study.’
Annie Gammon, Headteacher

Stoke Newington School uses media arts technology across the curriculum to make the learning experience of students challenging, interesting and fun.

Creative Partnerships has supported the school in developing large scale collaborative cross-curricular projects including the ‘Energy Project’, a large light installation covering the Boiler House Chimney. Helen Wood, Director of Specialism describes the moment the lights were turned on as ‘a seminal turning point for the school, there was a collective intake of breath as the work of 240 Year 8 students and our first cross curricular project came to life.’

Stoke Newington School’s relationship with Creative Partnerships has helped the school to take risks and to create new ways of working that help it to achieve its development targets. Creative learning projects have real purpose and concrete outcomes so that students can put value on their work.

The school is looking forward to finding new creative partners and creating a strategic three year “creativity development plan” that it can share with its school networks.

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