Through the provision of a diverse range of artistic opportunities, we seek to increase students' enjoyment, participation and aspirations and help raise standards of teaching and learning. Working in partnership with educational providers, artists and the wider community we strive to lead in good practice and to be seen as a centre of excellence for the arts.

Our vision is to work in collaboration with our school community, partner schools and community groups, alongside arts professionals to offer state of the art facilities, resources & share good practice to enable all members of the community to participate & enjoy a wide range of learning opportunities through the Arts.

We aim to provide young people at this school and at our partner schools, with enriched and balanced education opportunities. In addition, through our outreach programmes we are dedicated to the provision and sharing of resources and expertise to provide new and exciting creative opportunities to individuals and groups across our wider community.

• To work with other schools & the wider community in sharing resources and facilities to develop learning opportunities in the arts.

• To provide arts extra-curricular opportunities to enrich learning across the curriculum.

• To make imaginative use of new technologies to raise the quality of learning and teaching.

• To involve professionals from local and national creative industries in the school and community to maximise learning.

• To promote vocational courses in the arts to encourage wider participation.

• To ensure that learning in the arts is marked by creative rigour and discipline.

The Aims of the Specialist Arts Programme

• To raise standards of achievement for all students both in the specialist subjects & across the whole school.

• To strengthen and develop the quality of teaching and learning in the specialist subjects and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to become engaged in the Arts, including increased take up of the subjects.

• To extend enrichment opportunities for learning through the Arts responding to pupils' needs and interests to raise standards throughout the school.

• To develop links with community partners, businesses, FE and HE providers and Arts organisations in order to help widen career options and raise aspirations.

• To develop the school characteristics which signal its specialist identity and reflect the schools aims.

• To collaborate with partner schools to provide or facilitate high quality learning opportunities in the Arts & raise standards by sharing facilities, resources & good practice. 

• To provide or facilitate high quality learning opportunities through the Arts for members of the wider community