ARTSMARK 2003

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School Improvement Service
ArtsMark
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Artsmark

• national award scheme for schools
• awarded by The Arts Council of England
• benchmark of excellence for arts education
  provision commitment not quality
• supported by DCMS, DfES, QCA, OfSTED,
• similar to Sportsmark and Activemark
• recommended in NACCCE report, All our Futures -
  Creative and Cultural Education.

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ARTSMARK 2002 Bucks

• Aylesbury High GoldSir William Ramsay
  SilverBedgrove Junior SilverLent Rise
  SilverAylesbury Grammar ArtsmarkDr Challoners
  Grammar ArtsmarkBeaconsfield Upper Artsmark

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ARTSMARK 2003 Bucks

• Broughton Infant School ArtsmarkBuckingham
  Primary School Artsmark SilverJohn Colet School
  ArtsmarkLent Rise Combined School Artsmark
  GoldLey Hill School Artsmark GoldSeer Green CE
  Combined Artsmark GoldThe Amersham School
  Artsmark SilverThe Disraeli School
  ArtsmarkTurnfurlong Infant School Artsmark Gold

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ARTSMARK 2004 Bucks

• Ashmead Combined School Artsmark GoldAylesbury
  Grammar School ArtsmarkChenies County Combined
  ArtsmarkChesham Park College Artsmark
  SilverCuddington C of E School Artsmark GoldDr
  Challoner's High School Artsmark GoldHigh Ash
  C.E Primary School ArtsmarkHoly Trinity C.E. (A)
  School Artsmark GoldManor Farm Junior School
  Artsmark GoldNaphill and Walters Ash School
  Artsmark SilverSir William Ramsay School
  Artsmark GoldChalfonts Community College
  Artsmark SilverThe Royal Latin School Artsmark
  Silver

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ARTSMARK Round 4

• Deadline 19th November 2004
• Awards announced end of May 2005
• Application and Guidance forms available
  www.artsmark.org.uk helpline 0800 0560196
• Supplementary publications are available for free
  download from website as PDF files
• A guide to auditing the arts in schools
• from policy to partnership
• partnerships for learning

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Key Concepts

• lasts for 3 years
• application based on an audit
• requires a balance of - art, music, dance, drama
• award is based on provision and access - not
  quality
• award is criteria based - not competitive
• criteria are explicit and quantifiable at each
  award level (15 of curriculum time means 15 of
  curriculum time)

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Aims

• to encourage schools to raise standards of arts
  education provision -
  emphasis on provision, to increase opportunities
  for young people
• to raise the profile of arts education -
  through advocacy for the arts and high profile
  publicity for the scheme

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Outcomes

• recognition, promotion and dissemination of good
  practice
• more and better arts opportunities for young
  people better provision, through reflection
• more and better partnerships between schools and
  the arts sector

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Benefits 1 - for schools and pupils

• Contribute to raising standards
• Celebrate and endorse good practice
• Recognise commitment to the arts
• Show the school is concerned with the wider
  development of young people
• Show the school has partnerships with artists and
  arts organisations
• Raise the profile of the school and give the
  school status

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Benefits 2 - for teachers

• increase the status of arts teaching and learning
• recognise and celebrate the contribution made by
  arts teachers
• provide examples of good practice
• raise awareness of CPD needs

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3 - Further benefits

• identify strengths and weaknesses in arts
  education provision
• contribute to the school development plan
• advocate for better resources for the arts
• help in preparing applications for other
  initiatives
• help with approaches to sponsors

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Making an application

• Phase specific forms guidance
• available on line or in hard copywww.artscouncil.
  org.uk/artsmark
• website Word and PDF files
• email artsmark_at_artscouncil.org.uk
• Helpline 0800 0560 196

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Key criteria

• An arts policy for all the arts in school
• A management structure for planning, development
  and review of the arts
• Development targets
• Two referees
• Copy of most recent OfSTED report on the arts

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Key criteria

• Core lesson time for dedicated arts lessons
• Accredited arts options (secondary)
• Opportunities for pupils to share and celebrate
  their creative achievements
• Out-of-school hours arts activities
• Partnerships with artists and arts organisations
• Opportunities for the continuing professional
  development of teachers
• criteria differentiated at each level

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Assessment and validation

• Assessors initial review of application
  identify for validation any schools where
  criteria not achieved
• Validators telephone those schools to clarify
  and recommend if criteria achieved visit all
  schools applying for gold
• Awards Panelreviews recommendations and makes
  awards

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The Form!
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You will need

• A team if possible
• School Arts Policy
• School Development Plan
• No. pupils on role September
• hours per arts subject per year group
• additional arts activities in lesson time
• No. regular weekly out of hours activities
• No. pupils attending at least one out of hours
  activity
• list of arts partnerships and visits
• list of CPD for subject leaders and other
  teachers
• last Ofsted report