The Visual and Performing Arts facilities are exceptional and provide an inspirational environment for students to explore their creativity and take risks as learners. Through the Arts there are opportunities to perform in Dance, Drama and Music or express themselves through Visual Media.
Why is studying the “Arts” important?
Learning through and about the arts enriches the experience of studying while at school as well as preparing students for life after school. Studying arts subjects also help to develop critical thinking and the ability to interpret the world around us.
In 2018 a landmark research project commissioned by Arts Council England and undertaken by the University of Nottingham, called Tracking Learning and Engagement in the Arts (TALE) outlined the overwhelmingly positive benefits of arts and cultural education for young people. The research drew from the experience and voices of thousands of young people and their teachers in secondary and special schools.
Learning through and about the arts enriches the experience of studying while at school as well as preparing students for life after school.
- Arts subjects encourage self-expression and creativity and can build confidence as well as a sense of individual identity
- Creativity can also help with wellbeing and improving health and happiness – many students in the TALE study commented that arts lessons acted as an outlet for releasing the pressures of studying as well as those of everyday life
- Studying arts subjects also help to develop critical thinking and the ability to interpret the world around us
