Artsmark makes a difference
Artsmark is Arts Council England’s flagship programme to enable schools and other organisations to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their arts and cultural provision. It is delivered by Trinity College London and 10 regional Bridge organisations drive participation.
Artsmark is nationally recognised as demonstrating excellence in arts and cultural provision.
Holding Artsmark status demonstrates that your school or setting values the arts and culture.
It raises the public profile of a school or setting in the eyes of prospective students, their families and across the wider community.
Artsmark contributes to the cultural aspect of Ofsted’s requirement that a school promotes students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Find out more about the programme or the impact of Artsmark.
Testimonials
Ed Vaizey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Culture, Media & Sport)
'I’m delighted to see the return of Artsmark, which will help to give thousands of children access to high quality arts provision in schools.'
Liz Macfarlane, Arts Education Consultant
'In our best schools the arts help to bring the whole curriculum alive and engage young people with their education in a creative and meaningful way.'
Stephen Belinfante, Arts Adviser, Worcestershire County Council
'Artsmark schools endorse the belief that achievement and participation in the arts are essential components in nurturing happy and confident young learners.'
Antony Gormley - artist
'Making things, drawing, painting, filmmaking - all of these are a form of thinking and feeling that do not require the skills of literacy and numeracy and yet are essential to becoming fully human.'
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