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The EBacc is clearly a major factor influencing the decline of the arts in school - but it is not the only thing going on...

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh, examines the ways the cultural sector could help narrow the gap in educational achievement

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh, responds to a recent New Schools Network report about the effect of Ebacc on arts education

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh, talks about the renewed interest in place-based arts development

Holly Donagh reports back from our latest school leaders meeting with Ofsted

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh reflects on the London Cultural Education Challenge and this year's focus on new London, new schools.

Making something that was not there before – why taking the leap into a more creative model of education is not as risky as it sounds

A short paper on how to build an evidence base that reflects the true value of the arts in an education context

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh, shares her thoughts on what the new white papers mean for system leadership in cultural education

How can schools and cultural organisations work together to ensure the expansion of the Ebacc does not mean fewer students are able to experience high quality arts learning?

How can the new Mayor support more children and young people to access the arts?

The London of Big Ben, the Thames, world class galleries and opulent shopping streets is, in many cases, not the city young people who live here identify with. The majority of children and young people live in Outer London, and even those in inner London often feel alienated from the city that adults take for granted.

Our Partnerships Director gives us an insight on the recently launched Warwick cultural value report.

On October 27th we brought people from the cultural sector together to share our learning from Connected and talk about how we could move this agenda forward and ensure all parts of London, and all children and young people, can benefit.

Our Partnerships Director shares some useful insights from the Whole Education conference, in which we launched our Cultural Capital research.

Inquiry into inequality of access to culture for children and young people in London.

At the conference we will be launching a new research into the disparities of cultural engagement between young people on Free School Meals and their peers.

We often forget to talk about a large part of the activities young people actually do, Saturday arts clubs, Friday night drama class, choir...the list goes on.

Priced Out? Report of roundtable discussion with Stella Creasy MP at the William Morris Gallery (31 October 2013).

Summary report of our 2013 Schools conference

Child poverty, the housing crisis and what this means for cultural engagement of young people and children in London

We commissioned TNS to find out how much young Londoners are engaging with the city’s arts and culture.

Now that the curriculum has been launched it is important to shift attention to how schools and teachers can be supported to help their students understand, enjoy and take part in a wide creative education – within (but perhaps also in spite) of the National Curriculum.

I joined an illustrious panel at the RSA last week to debate the current picture regarding the relationship between arts & culture and education.

Much of the coverage of the recent announcement on free schools has focussed on the supposedly innovative nature of the proposals. Beyond the shiny headline grabbing examples I wanted to see if this was really representative of the initiative as a whole.

Why culture and education together matters now, and how the arts sector needs to get involved.

It felt like Spring might just be gaining a foothold as we gathered in the imposing ancient/modern setting of Central Saint Martins last Thursday.

My mind has been occupied this week by three significant texts -'Learning a Living' (Innovation Unit), 'Motivation and barriers to learning for young people not in education, employment or training' (Bis) and Gove's speech at the SMF.

We analyse where young Londoners go to school, what kind of school they attend and how the population will change over the next 10 years.

A useful summary of the recommendations coming from the Mayor's Education Inquiry, including the idea of a 'London curriculum'