Latest News The future of creative and cultural skills Pauline Tambling reflects on the closure of Creative & Cultural Skills. We hear this week that Creative & Cultural Skills is to close. This marks another loss for the Sector Skills Council world, which for almost two decades has helped put industry at the heart of influencing national skills and employment policy.
28 November 2023 How to make primary schools ‘arts-rich’ Pat Thomson and Chris Hall from the University of Nottingham have written for CLA about their research into arts-rich primary schools, funded by Freelands Foundation.
28 November 2023 Policy and Practice Round-up November 2023 This month we bring you updates on the cabinet reshuffle; new findings on cuts to school funding; new findings on young people’s mental health, and an opportunity to apply to be a Trustee of CLA.
30 October 2023 Policy and Practice Round-up October 2023 This month we bring you Ofsted’s latest subject review findings on Music and Dance; what the idea for the Advanced British Standard might mean for post-16 education in England; new teacher training bursaries for arts subjects; CLA’s latest work with the sports education sector; changes to the CLA; and an opportunity to apply to be a trustee of CLA.
30 October 2023 What if ‘imagination’ was one of our education system’s key outcomes for young people? As we finalise our GE2024 Manifesto Asks, we are inviting colleagues to share their views on some of our Asks for the future, and their perspectives on past progress. This month we are looking back to Joe Hallgarten’s 2008 observations on an arts entitlement, and reflections on a vision for a sustained engagement with high quality culture that could help to shape a great childhood – with children being seen as arts creators and leaders, as well as audiences and participants.
