Deadline: 13-Nov-2024
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is requesting applications for its Teacher Development Fund to support teachers to develop arts-based approaches which create equitable classrooms where all children learn and thrive.
Aims
- They envision a more equitable school system where high-quality arts-based learning is a core part of all children’s education. They believe that arts-based teaching and learning can add value and help schools achieve their aspirations for pupils. This fund achieves this by:
- Focusing on pupils who experience systemic inequity and enabling them to access and make progress in their learning;
- Supporting arts organisations and schools working in equal partnerships to exchange and enrich their expertise;
- Recognizing teachers are critical to pupils’ outcomes;
- Creating high-quality inspiring professional learning for teachers;
- Enabling teachers and artist practitioners to learn and work together in the classroom;
- Building a body of evidence and practice and understanding how the work improves equity for pupils; and
- Generating sustainable changes in teaching and learning in schools for the long-term.
Funding Information
- Amount: Up to £165,000 per application
- Duration: Projects should last for two academic years
Eligibility Criteria
- Either a primary school or an art cultural organisation may be the lead applicant.
- All applications must have solid partnerships in place
- Each partnership must include one or more arts cultural organisations
- A minimum of six and a maximum of ten schools should be involved in each project, regardless of whether the lead applicant is either an art cultural organisation or a school
- Each participating school should commit at least two teachers and one senior leader to the project, though flexibility can be offered to small, rural schools
- Arts organisations can be charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies active in the arts and culture sector
- Participating schools can be mainstream, SEND or Alternative Provision settings, working with primary-age children
- Projects may include teachers of Nursery and Reception classes in primary schools
- All schools must be operating in the state sector.
For more information, visit Paul Hamlyn Foundation.