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  1. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    How did we get here?

    1 March 2021

    It’s National Careers Week and we’re shining a light on creative careers.

    three images of Artsmark team members. Caroline (left) standing next to a piece of art, Jenny (middle) standing in the middle of a piece of street art and Leonore (right) playing piano
  2. Blog category
    •  arts partnerships
    •  primary school

    Artsmark in the Potteries

    16 December 2019

    Lucy Palmer-Rimmer, Arts Council England’s Communications Officer for the North, visited Oakhill Primary School, observing how Artsmark keeps history alive for children in the Potteries ​There’s nothing unique to Oakhill Primary school on the outside.

    Male student proudly holds up pottery creatures
  3. Blog category
    •  pupil voice
    •  primary school

    Year 6 pupils share their Artsmark journey

    11 October 2019

    Year 6 pupils, Kyle and Cadey from Senacre Wood Primary School's Arts Council, close Artsmark Celebration Week by telling us what they got up to and share their Artsmark journey with us.

  4. Blog category
    •  primary school
    •  cross-curricular

    Join the World Oceans Day sing-a-long

    14 May 2019

    Horfield Primary School would like to invite you all in joining them to celebrate World Oceans Day.

    Horfield Primary School pupils bird art work as part of a Science Summit
  5. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    Creating the Creatives of the Future!

    27 February 2019

    This National Careers Week we want to take the opportunity to focus on our blossoming Creative Industries and the range of opportunities available for young people.

  6. Blog category
    •  Arts Award
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  creative careers

    Artsmark and Arts Award is a winning formula for success

    7 October 2018

    Delivering Arts Award’s range of qualifications can help schools meet the Artsmark criteria – enabling personalised delivery, facilitating progress, developing leadership skills and offering CPD opportunities for teaching staff.

  7. Blog category
    •  dance
    •  cross-curricular
    •  primary school

    Activating Dance in Primary School

    31 January 2018

    Claire Somerville, Head of Children and Young People’s Dance at One Dance UK, explains more about the PE & Sport Premium and how it can be used to benefit dance in primary schools.

  8. Blog category
    •  cross-curricular
    •  primary school
    •  Artsmark Gold

    Artsmark and Poetry

    11 October 2017

    This National Poetry Day, Art Coordinator Sharon Palfreyman from Corrie Primary School, talks to us about how two inspiring arts and poetry projects helped them achieve Artsmark Gold

    Children playing outside