The Bay CE School is awarded prestigious Artsmark Award

We are celebrating after receiving a prestigious Silver Artsmark Award across the primary and secondary sites.

Artsmark is the only creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. It transforms teaching through creativity, empowering teachers with the skills they need to embed arts, culture and creativity across the whole curriculum, and is proven to support pupil outcomes and wellbeing.

To achieve their Artsmark Award, we had to had to develop our arts and cultural provision to embed a broad and ambitious curriculum. This was achieved by creating an overall plan that was committed to, and delivered, across the whole school.

Over two years, The Bay CE School received professional support through an immersive learning programme from Artsmark’s delivery partner, Goldsmiths, University of London, who are world-renowned leaders in creative pedagogy and cultural placemaking.

As a multi-site all-through setting, the Bay Church of England School has used Artsmark as a process to galvanise greater connection between primary and secondary learning communities. Not only has this helped bring you together more as a school, aiding transition for learners at the end of KS2, it has connected you more to the wider community too - both through performance, and by connecting with Isle of Wight Cultural Education Hub.

 Artsmark Assessor