Caring for creativity: St Mary’s School

How important is it to allow young people to explore their creative sides? Vital, writes St Mary's Shaftesbury headmistress Maria Young. Most educators agree that the modern workplace needs problem-solving ind...

Caring for creativity: All Hallows School

How important is it to allow young people to explore their creative sides? Dr Trevor Richards At All Hallows, we have long endorsed the opinion of Sir Ken Robinson (leader of the government’s 1998 advi...

Caring for creativity

TRADITIONAL wisdom might place the “three Rs” at the centre of any child’s schooling, but does a focus on facts and figures have to come at the cost of creativity? The short answer, according to our panel, is...

Creativity at risk?

Is the well-intentioned drive by some schools to focus on STEM subjects running the risk of neglecting the creative arts? In this advertorial, Sally Weber-Spokes, Head of Yarrells School, shares her thoughts......

Foreign affairs

GROWING up in a world with shrinking borders, today’s young people are having to adopt an increasingly international outlook. A combination of cross-continental trade, more accessible travel and the internet-e...

Added-value education: Hazlegrove School

While the majority of teaching takes place in the classroom, an increasing amount of lessons are being learned outside of it thanks to an exciting array of extra-curricular activities. Hazlegrove School assista...