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EBacc, Progress 8 and making the case

AND Advocate Timothy Devenish on demonstrating how arts education can be life-affirming, memorable and even award-winning

Top tips for teachers applying for funding

AND Advocates Facilitator, Rachel Moss, reflects on session three of this year’s Advocates Programme and shares top tips for applying for funding

ANDInclusive - what next?

Jess Ryan-Ndegwa reports back from Friday at ANDInclusive and considers what the next steps should be

Building a better Digital Strategy - Step 1: Seek Connections

In the first of three posts, AND Trustee Eylan Ezekiel shares his tips for creating a better digital strategy for Arts, Culture and Heritage organisations engaging with schools.

ANDInclusive at Tate Exchange 2018

Our resident ANDinclusive blogger, Jess Ryan-Ndegwa is back at Tate Exchange documenting and reflecting on this amazing opportunity for Special Schools.

Art must pay attention to people and place

Researcher Sarah Davies explores the learning from the Creative People and Places programme evaluation, carried out by A New Direction

Exploring 21st Century teaching and learning

Greg Klerkx shares the learning & discussion from the second Cultural Leadership Community session - dissecting what it really means to be a modern cultural teacher

London Borough of Culture announced

Congratulations to Waltham Forest and Brent, today named London Borough of Culture for 2019 and 2020!

It's time to play 'The Game of Life'

Simon Batchelor's My Creative School creative catalyst project is designed to teach British Values in a fun and creative way

The creative potential of 'getting in the way'

Creative Practitioner Maria Amidu tells us how the power of disruption was used to create a buzz around her My Creative School project

Watch this (adaptive) space

Greg Klerkx reflects on the types of adaptive practice being utilised by the teachers and practitioners involved in My Creative School

The WOW Factor

Professor Anne Bamford, Strategic Director of Education and Culture for the City of London Corporation, reflects on the value of creative education and the first year of the My Creative School programme

PLUGGED IN brings young creatives & the cultural sector together

Founder of Design for Disability, Jessica Ryan-Ndegwa, reports back from our recent PLUGGED IN event

Cultural Education Challenge catch up: Cultivate

Susie Gray, Cultural Planning Manager at Enable, shares some of the impressive outcomes from their Cultivate programme

We must inspire children through collaboration and community

AND Advocate Kerri Sellens tells us about an exciting project her school has been working on in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery

Exploring drawing, sculpture & installation as tools for learning

Greg Klerkx shares practical teaching exercises from our first INSET session of 2018

Exploring impact, evaluation and evidence

Rachel Moss, AND Advocates Facilitator, reflects on session two of this year’s AND Advocates Programme

In these austere times, collaboration is key

AND Advocate Shermaine Slocombe calls on schools and the cultural sector to work together to think of new models of interaction

Feeling guilty about gentrification? Here's one thing you can do

Create Jobs Director, Oliver Benjamin, considers the possible consequences of a booming creative sector

'If everyone learns together, we can change London'

A New Direction CEO, Steve Moffitt, shares learnings and experiences from the London Children's Festival