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Schools were selected with the support of Northamptonshire County Council; Leicester City and Leicestershire County Council; CfBT Lincolnshire School Improvement Service; Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council; Derby City and Derbyshire County Council; and Rutland County Council.

The schools will work with The Mighty Creatives (TMC), the young people’s creative development agency for the East Midlands, who deliver the government’s flagship creative learning programme, Creative Partnerships.

Hugh James, Director of Learning for TMC, said, “We’re very pleased to be welcoming new schools to participate in the Creative Partnerships programme.

"This year’s recruitment workshops showed the wealth of confident and articulate young people we have in the East Midlands. We were impressed by the commitment, enthusiasm and professionalism of the young panellists and those taking part in the presentations, and this helped the selection process to not only be successful, but also enjoyable for all."

He added, "We’re looking for another 62 schools to join the Enquiry School programme this autumn so if you’re interested please get in touch!"

Some of the schools will be working on an Enquiry project which will see them working with TMC for a one year period on a specific creative learning project linked to the broader educational needs of the school. We’ll help pair the schools up with a creative professional to investigate how they can improve an aspect of teaching and learning through a creative learning project potentially working with selected pupils or year group.
The schools joining the Enquiry programme are:

NORTHAMPTON

Castle Primary School, Northampton; Gretton Primary School, Corby, Northamptonshire; Northgate School Arts College, Northampton; Sywell CE Primary School, Northampton; Campion School, Northampton; Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School, Rushden, Northamptonshire; Kettering Buccleuch Academy, Kettering, Northamptonshire; St James Infant School, Daventry, Northamptonshire; Northampton Academy, Northampton; Greenfields Primary School, Northampton.

LEICESTER

Abbey Primary Community School, Leicester; The City of Leicester College, Leicester; Netherhall School, Leicester; Alderman Richard Hallam Primary, Leicester; Knighton Fields Primary School, Leicester; Sacred Heart Primary, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Uplands Junior School, Leicester; De Lisle Catholics Science College, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Coalville, Leicestershire; Beauchamp College, Oadby, Leicestershire; Brocks Hill, Oadby, Leicestershire; Hollywell Primary School, Loughborough, Leicestershire; St John Fisher Primary School, Wigston, Leicestershire; St Mary’s Church of England, Bitteswell, Lutterworth; Meadowdale Primary School, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; Bosworth College, Desford, Leicestershire; Higham on the Hill Primary School, Nuneaton, Leicestershire; St Bartholomew’s C of E Primary School, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Farndon Fields Primary School, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; Captains Close, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; Seagrave Village Primary School, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Shepshed High School, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Stonehill High School, Birstall, Leicestershire; Barwell Junior School, Barwell, Leicestershire.

LINCOLNSHIRE

Pinchbeck East Primary School, Lincolnshire; St Christopher’s School, Lincolnshire; Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire; Witham St Hugh’s Primary School, Lincolnshire; The Gleed Girls Technology College, Spalding, Lincolnshire; Priory Witham Academy, Lincoln; Colsterworth CE Primary School, Grantham, Lincolnshire; Wyberton Primary School, Lincoln; Navenby CofE Primary, Lincoln; Willoughton school, Lincolnshire; Kidgate Primary School, Lincolnshire; West Grantham Federation, Grantham, Lincolnshire; St Hugh’s College and Millfield CP School, Lincolnshire.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Rufford Junior School, Nottingham; Carrington Primary School, Nottingham; Seagrave Primary School, Nottingham; Sycamore Primary School, Nottingham; Middleton Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham; Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre, Nottingham; Walter Halls Nursery and Primary School, Mapperley, Nottinghamshire; St Ann’s Well Primary School, Nottingham; George Spencer Foundation School and Technology College, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire; Lowdham CE Primary School, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire; Sutton Bonnington School, Nottingham,; Croft Primary School, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; Radcliffe on Trent School, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire; Brookhill Leys Primary School, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire; The Dukeries College and Complex, Newark, Nottinghamshire; Farndon St Peter’s CoE Primary School, Newark, Nottinghamshire; Richard Bonington Primary School, Arnold, Nottinghamshire; Clayfield House School, Nottingham; High Oakham Primary School, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; Edgewood Primary and Nursery School, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire; William Parker School, Nottingham; Bagthorpe Primary School, Bagthorpe, Nottinghamshire.

DERBYSHIRE

Friesland School, Derbyshire; Anthony Gell School, Matlock, Derbyshire; Dovedale Primary School, Derbyshire; Calow Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire; Firfield Primary School, Breaston, Derbyshire; Aston On Trent Primary School, Derbyshire; Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Alfreton, Derbyshire; South Normanton Nursery School, Alfreton, Derbyshire; Highfields School, Derbyshire; Whitecotes Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire; Norbriggs Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire; Eckington School, Derbyshire; Landau Forte College, Derby; Nightingale Infant School, Derby.

RUTLAND

St Mary St John CEVA Primary School; Edith Weston Primary School.

Creative Partnerships explore how creative teaching and learning can bring about significant changes in the school’s ethos, ambition and achievement. The Change programme will work with the schools over the next academic year to explore how the school can develop as an effective and sustainable creative learning environment.

The schools joining the Change programme are:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Croyland Primary School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire; St Mary’s CEVA Primary School, Kettering, Northamptonshire; Woodnewton School, Corby, Northamptonshire; Isebrook School, Kettering, Northamptonshire.

LEICESTERSHIRE

Crown Hill, Leicester; Leicester City Primary PRU at the ARC, Leicester; Rowley Fields Children’s Centre, Leicester; Willowbrook Primary School, Leicester; Manor High School, Oadby, Leicestershire; Oakthrope Primary School, Leicestershire; Remoor High School, Hinckley, Leicestershire; Roundhill Community College, Leicester; Uplands Infant School, Leicester; Kibworth CE Primary School, Kibworth, Leicestershire.

LINCOLNSHIRE

Boston St Bedes, Boston, Lincolnshire; Caistor Yarborough School, Lincolnshire; Gosberton House and Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire; St Michael’s CE Primary School, Lincolnshire; Gainsborough North County Primary School, Lincolnshire; Nettleham Junior School, Lincolnshire.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Nottingham University Samworth Academy, Nottingham; St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Nottingham; Netherfield Primary School, Netherfield, Nottinghamshire; Asquith Primary School, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; St Peter’s Junior School, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.

DERBYSHIRE

Hollingwood Primary School, Derbyshire; Town End Junior School, Alfreton, Derbyshire; Alfreton Grange Arts College, Alfreton, Derbyshire; Woodville, Newhall and Castle Gresley Children’s Centre, Swadlincote, Derbyshire; Springwell Community College, Chesterfield, Derbyshire; Stonelow Junior School, Dronfield, Derbyshire; Allenton Community Primary School, Allenton, Derby; Chellaston Junior School, Chellaston, Derby.

RUTLAND

Whissendine CE Primary School.

For more information about joining the Creative Partnerships programme call 0116 2616834 or email communications@themightycreatives.com