Black Country (BCCSIP)

Black Country Creative Partnerships is managed by the Black Country Children's Services Improvement Partnership (BCCSIP).

We work with schools from the four Black Country local authorities: Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley as well as Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire.

Throughout 2009-10 Black Country Creative Partnerships will be working with schools across the three national strands:

  • Schools of Creativity
  • Change Schools
  • Enquiry Schools

Schools of Creativity: We are very proud that we have six Schools of Creativity in our region. They are: Deansfield High School (Wolverhampton), Leighswood Primary School (Walsall), Old Park Primary School (Telford & Wrekin), Penn Hall School (Wolverhampton), The Earls High School (Dudley) and Trinity CE Primary School (Wolverhampton).

Change Schools: Throughout 2010-11 we are working with 32 Change schools across the Black Country, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.

Enquiry Schools: Throughout 2009-10 we are working with 60 Enquiry schools across the Black Country, Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire. In 2010-11 we will be working with 60 new Enquiry schools.

All Around the Wrekin video

To go 'all around the Wrekin' means to take your time, to take the long way round, to explore, reflect and explain things in great detail. This film profiles the Creative Partnerships journeys taken by schools at all levels of the programme located across the six local authorities.

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Pupils and Devonshire Infant School take part in 'pirate' role play

Devonshire Pirates - using drama to improve speaking & listening

In March 2008, Devonshire Infant School began their enquiry into the impact that providing practical, exciting opportunities for speaking and listening would have on standards in literacy.

They enlisted the help of drama practitioner Gillian Twaite and embarked on their voyage of discovery...

The Trinity @ Home Project

Trinity@home Project - Trinity CE Primary School, Wolverhampton

Our Creative Partnerships project this year is called Trinity@home. The idea came from someone saying “I would like to take school home with me”.

We are changing our website so school is more accessible at home and you can show your parents what you have been doing. We will also download...

Pupils at Roberts Primary School explore their outdoor environment with artists

Story Paths: promoting speaking and listening skills and enriching spoken language.

90 Year 3 pupils at Roberts Primary School worked with artists Rachel Murray and Debbie Cooper on a story telling project designed to promote speaking and listening skills and enriching spoken language. The project took place over 3 weeks with the artists delivering 5 days stimulus. The project...

Launching the gliders from a cherry picker (credit. Geraint Roberts)

General Enquiries

General Enquiries - BCCSIP

Room PA103, Wolverhampton Science Park
Glaisher Drive
Off Stafford Rd
Wolverhampton
WV10 9RU

Telephone: 01902 518 565

Fax: 01902 824 146

Email:

Latest news

Creative Partnerships schools head for Poland

1 Dec 2008

Three Black Country Creative Partnerships schools are heading for Środa Wielkopolska in a unique Global Citizenship initiative to promote creative cross curricular teaching.

Deansfield High School launch Safe Night Out Project at Oceana Nightclub in Wolverhampton

13 Nov 2008

Deansfield High School, a Creative Partnerships Innovation Centre and seven other Wolverhampton Secondary schools begin their annual Safe Night Out project this week.

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