Creative Partnerships

More information about Creative Partnerships and the Norfolk & Norwich Festival

Creative Partnerships fosters innovative, long-term partnerships between schools and creative professionals, including artists, performers, architects, multimedia developers and scientists. These partnerships inspire young people, teachers and creative professionals to challenge how they work and experiment with new ideas.

Young people develop the skills they need to perform well not only in exams and extra-curricular activities, but also in the workplace and wider society.

The Norfolk & Norwich Festival , Creative Partnerships works with 49 schools across Norfolk. We have been running the Creative Partnerships Programme in Norfolk since 2008 and since then we have worked with approx 26,000 children and young people and around 500 creative practitioners.

Why creativity?

We believe creativity is the wider ability to question, make connections, innovate, problem solve and reflect critically. These are skills that are demanded by today’s employers.

Creative learning empowers young people to imagine how the world could be different and gives them the confidence and motivation to make positive change happen. This helps young people to engage with their education and to achieve.

Young people at the heart of what we do

Creative Partnerships programmes demand that young people play a full role in their creative learning.

We believe that our programmes are most effective when young people are actively involved in leading and shaping them, taking responsibility for their own learning.

Creative Partnerships programmes enable children and young people to develop the skills needed to play an active leadership role in school life.

Schools Programmes

Creative Partnerships works with maintained schools from Key Stages 1 to 4 across England. A school can apply to one of three Creative Partnerships Schools programmes according to its needs and its commitment to creative learning. Schools will always receive the support of a creative professional as well as financial support.

Enquiry Schools
Enquiry Schools engage in a creative learning programme targeted at a specific group of pupils and teachers.

Change Schools
Schools in areas with significant challenges engage in an intensive programme that supports the creative development of the whole school.

We are delighted to announce our Creative Partnerships School for 2010/11!

Enquiry Schools

Elm Road PRU, Barnham Broom, Lyng Primary, Eastgate Community Primary, Walsingham Community Primary, Wymondham High, White Woman Lane Junior, Lodge Lane Infants, Rockland St Mary Primary, St William’s Primary, Diss High School, Arden Grove Infant and Nursery , Reepham High , Firside Junior, Brundall Primary, North Elmham Primary, Fred Nicholson , Edward Worlledge Community Middle , George White Junior, Mattishall Primary, Dereham CE Infant and Nursery, Mile Cross Primary, Pott Row First, Harleston CE VA Primary, North Walsham Infant School and Nursery, Caister Middle, City Academy Norwich, Cromer High School and Language College, Sparhawk Infant School and Nursery, Costessey Junior, Antingham and Southrepps Primary

Change Schools

Alderman Peel High School, Burnham Market Primary School, Catton Grove Primary School, Chapel Break Infant School, Duchy of Lancaster CE VC Primary School, Douglas Bader Centre PRU, Flegg High School, Hewett High School, Hockwold Primary School, Lynn Grove VA High School, North Denes Primary School, North Walsham Junior School, Queensway Community Junior School, Sheringham Woodfields, Thompson Primary, Tuckswood Community Primary School, Woodlands Primary

Creative Agents

An inspirational team of creative agents work in close partnership with school leaders and Creative Partnerships, to develop their schools vision for long term sustainable change through creative learning. They are drawn from a diverse range of educational and industry sectors.They are: Nicky Adamson, Patricia Hall, Nathan Hamilton, Mark Haywood, Jenny Holland, Deb Hoy, Gemma Shamim Khawaja, Jan Legge, David Lloyd and Clare Lovell.  

Nicky Adamson

Patricia Hall

Nathan Hamiliton

Mark Haywood

Jenny Holland

Deb Hoy

Gemma Shamin Khawaja

Jan Legge

David Lloyd

Clare Lovell

Creative agents – essential for the delivery of our programme

• Work with school to identify school focus, line of enquiry, school vision
• Critical friend to the school
• Facilitate partnerships with practitioners
• Assist with project planning, delivering & evaluation
• Ambassador for the school and advocate of creative learning

For further information on creative partnerships www.creative-partnerships.com

List of current Creative Partnerships schools 2009/2010