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Developing students’ skills through creativity in education

With arts in education being squeezed out of many schools, headteacher Craig D’Cunha discusses how his school is ensuring that attention doesn’t fade from those more creative, skills-based subjects

The education world is one that is surrounded by new ideas, advice from various organisations and national agendas with changing priorities.

In a time where I’m seeing an overwhelming educational shift towards the “core” subjects, I believe that it is important to recognise the role of the arts in equipping pupils with key life-skills such as empathy, resilience, collaboration and building confidence.

As part of the Active Learning Trust, we work hard to create an environment for pupils to develop such skills in order to live fulfilling and responsible lives as active citizens. I believe that a skills-based education, rather than focusing on subjects alone, is key to this.

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