What is Creative Partnerships?

Creative Partnerships is the Government's flagship creative learning programme, designed to develop the skills of young people across England, raising their aspirations and achievements, and opening up more opportunities for their futures. This world-leading programme is transforming teaching and learning across the curriculum.

What we do

We support thousands of innovative long-term partnerships, between schools and creative professionals - from architects to scientists to multimedia developers and artists.

Young people develop the skills they need to perform well not only in exams and extra-curricular activities, but also in the workplace and wider society.

Working with Creative Partnerships, schools use creativity to solve problems and see real improvements in pupil behaviour and school performance.

What we believe

We believe that creativity is not a skill bound within the arts, but a wider ability to question, make connections, and take an innovative and imaginative approach to problem solving. These are skills that are demanded by today's employers.

What we have achieved

• Schools that work with Creative Partnerships improve their GCSE results faster


• 7 out of 10 secondary head teachers say Creative Partnerships improves pupil behaviour in their school


• Creative Partnerships increases parental engagement in children's learning

Where we work

We have worked with over 2,400 schools from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4 in areas of deprivation across England.

We are managed by Arts Council England and funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.