Creativity Collaboratives (2021-2024) piloted a national cohort of schools to test a range of innovative teaching practices to nurture creativity in pupils and embed teaching for creativity across the curriculum. The three-year pilot programme was awarded £2,780,000 by Arts Council England and was generously supported by Freelands Foundation.

In dedicated school networks across every region of England, educators collaborated to devise school-wide strategies, experiment with teaching methods, and share their learning to facilitate system-wide change. Each Collaborative network across England focused on integrating creativity into teaching, supporting young people to gain new skills and lead happy, healthy and fulfilled lives.

With eight lead schools initiating diverse curriculum approaches and measuring impact, supported by Durham University's over-arching evaluation, the programme responded to one of the recommendations of the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education.

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