Creativity Collaboratives – Inspiring Teaching and Learning

Introducing Our New Year 1-3 Report

You can now view our Year 1-3 Penryn Creativity Collaborative Report, plus further information, by clicking here.

Year 1 Report

You can view our Year 1 Penryn Creativity Collaboratives Report, plus further information, by clicking here.

Year 2 Report

You can view our Year 2 Penryn Creativity Collaborative Report, plus Action Research findings, by clicking here.

Year 3

Following a year of Questioning, Challenging and Exploring in Year 1 (2021/22), we felt more equipped with the understanding of why creative skills are needed and what creative skills are required to become better prepared for a changing workforce for our Cornish students. During Year 2 (2022/23), our focus was on Building and Testing, developing leaders and teachers who are promoting and implementing change for the Teaching of Creativity.

Our ambition in Year 3 (2023-2024) was to Embed and Grow, extending the scope of our project, ensuring long-term systemic change and impact across the Penryn Partnership and beyond. Across the partnership, a learning community of Leaders and teachers have cascaded practice from their work so far to extend the impact of Teaching for Creativity. Our Year 1-3 Report shares the impact on our schools from the Creativity Collaboratives Pilot Phase.

About Creativity Collaboratives

In October 2021, Arts Council England announced funding of £2,780,000 to build a network of schools that will test a range of innovative approaches to teaching for creativity. The Penryn Partnership was selected as one of the eight national pilots, led by Penryn College.

The funding has been generously supported by Freelands Foundation and has been granted to eight lead schools, who each work with a network of at least a further eight schools. The networks trial varied methods of teaching that help children and young people develop their creative capabilities and evaluate their effectiveness. The pilot will run until July 2024, testing out teaching approaches and curriculum development which can then be applied more widely throughout the education system.

Check out the sub-menus for more information on the Arts Council England Creativity Collaboratives.