Arts Specialism

Enhanced by the Arts Specialist Status

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The Arts College Vision Statement

Sprowston Community High School aims to raise standards of achievement for all students both in the specialist subjects and across the whole school. Through the provision of a diverse range of artistic opportunities, we seek to increase students’ enjoyment, participation and aspirations and help raise standards of teaching and learning. Working in partnership with educational providers, artists and the wider community we strive to lead in good practice and to be seen as a centre of excellence for the arts.

The Ethos of our Arts College

• To work with other schools and the wider community in sharing resources and facilities to develop learning opportunities in the arts.
• To provide arts extra-curricular opportunities to enrich learning across the curriculum.
• To make imaginative use of new technologies to raise the quality of learning and teaching.
• To involve professionals from local and national creative industries in the school and community to maximise learning.
• To promote vocational courses in the arts to encourage wider participation.
• To ensure that learning in the arts is marked by creative rigour and discipline.

The Aims of the Specialist Arts Programme

• To raise standards of achievement for all students both in the specialist subjects and across the whole school.
• To strengthen and develop the quality of teaching and learning in the specialist subjects and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to become engaged in the Arts, including increased take up of the subjects.
• To extend enrichment opportunities for learning through the Arts responding to pupils’ needs and interests to raise standards throughout the school.
• To develop links with community partners, businesses, FE and HE providers and Arts organisations in order to help widen career options and raise aspirations.
• To develop the school characteristics which signal its specialist identity and reflect the schools aims.
• To collaborate with partner schools to provide or facilitate high quality learning opportunities in the Arts and raise standards by sharing facilities, resources and good practice.
• To provide or facilitate high quality learning opportunities through the Arts for members of the wider community.

Community Arts

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Through the Arts we have developed many strong and positive relationships in our learning community to share, extend and provide high quality learning opportunities to our community members.

Our Vision

Our vision is to work in collaboration with our school community, partner schools and community groups, alongside arts professionals to offer state of the art facilities, resources and share good practice to enable all members of the community to participate and enjoy a wide range of learning opportunities through the Arts.

Arts School Partnership Group

Planned Community Arts programmes and events are devised with our Arts Partnership groups in consultation with school Governors, the students Arts Forum, the Arts Steering Group and staff. The Arts School Partnership Group is made up of representatives from our family of Junior and Infant Schools and The Arts Community Partnership Group is made up of local groups including; Sprowston Heritage, Sprowston Library and The Sprowston Parish Council. Regular postings of information to parents and the wider community are published on the schools website, newsletters home and are displayed in the school foyer..

Views & Feedback

Community views are gathered regularly through evaluations from community members who participate in projects such as; The Sprowston Community Choir, The Community Film and Media group, Sprowston Archives project and Performance Arts Groups. Views of performances and special events are also gathered through; recorded comments in our audience events book, audience feedback and by letters from the public. These are regularly shared with parents and the wider community through the school Bulletin, The Arts Newsletter and The Sprowston Review.

Comments from some members who participate in our community projects such as our Community Choir, record that these groups can act as lifelines, as not only do they provide a shared meeting and learning space, but enjoyment, friendship and support.