Lead Partners:

  • Creative Arts Partnerships in Education (CapeUK) – charity promoting creativity in education.
  • London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) – training for teachers through the LIFT teacher Forum – part-time accredited CPD programme
  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD)– HE institution
  • Newham Sixth Form College (NewVic)

 

Further Partners:

  • London Schools Arts Service (LONSAS) – brokering agency
  • London Education Arts Partnerships (LEAP) – supported partnerships within local authorities
  • Animarts – associated research programme – identified key competencies needed by artists working in Education. 

 

This consortium included:

  • three specialist providers of CPD
  • three companies brokering partnership programmes
  • one specialist research network

 

Clear roles for the partners were agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding.

Benefits to partners:

 

  • CPD specialists – the opportunity to develop and refine their approach with others both in UK and through international exchanges
  • Broker specialists – benefited from the development of an experienced team of teachers and artists
  • All partners – increased expertise in teacher artist partnership process