CLIFTON, A COMMUNITY ARTS SCHOOL

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CLIFTON, A COMMUNITY ARTS SCHOOL

• Building a sustainable learning community

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Context

• Situated near Rotherham town centre, the
• school serves a multi ethnic community
• in one of the poorest wards in England.
• In the past decade regeneration has been
  supported by SRB and ESF Objective One funding.
• PFI gave the opportunity to create a
• World Class School.

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The Clifton Partnership

• An Excellence in Cities Action Zone.
• Focus on raising literacy through performing
• arts learning and teaching strategies.
• Professional Learning Teams (PLTs) to aid
  transition and share good practice.
• Impact targets set as part of the Specialist
• School Bid.
• Raise aspirations of children and their
• families through innovative arts experiences.

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Family Learning

• Family Learning Co-ordinator employed by the
  Clifton Partnership
• Collaborative Family Learning action plan
• Training for employment
• Family Learning Days
• All partnership schools and community venues.
• Wide range of learning activities from Story
  sacks to parenting teenagers.

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Community Learning

• Community Learning Manager
• Funded by Specialist School Budget and
  Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder.
• Co-ordinates learning activities.
• Partners to deliver learning with support from
  LSC.
• Performing Arts activities to address the health
  needs of the community.
• Activities to assist employment prospects.

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Promoting the Arts

• Curriculum Development teacher and AST.
• Collaborative work in Literacy and ICT linked to
  community and family learning.
• Annual Schools Showcase
• Annual community musical at the Melvin Butler
  Theatre in St Anns Junior and Infant School.
• Annual Community performance for learners and
  local artists.

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The Clifton Project

• The Clifton Partnership is at the heart of the
  Project.
• A response to the Victoria Climbie enquiry and
  developed with the ECM agenda.
• PFI development enabled suitable shared
  accommodation for multi-agency work.
• THE PLACE opened as a multi agency venue in 2004.
  

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The Clifton Project The Place

• The Place accommodates
• Social Workers
• The School Nurses
• Educational Welfare Officers
• Behaviour Improvement Unit
• The Youth Service

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More Information

• www.clifton-partnership.org.uk
• www.cliftonclc.org.uk
• www.rotherham.gov.uk the Clifton Project