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May 8, 2025
Hands in the air at a concert. Red lighting dominates as colourful squiggly lines interweave above them.
May 8, 2025

Work for us: Operations Coordinator

We are looking for an Operations Coordinator who can help lay the foundations for our next chapter as we settle into a new base at Wigan Pier. This is a unique opportunity to join a nationally recognised, values-driven arts education charity at an exciting moment in our journey.
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May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025

Remembering Jude Bird

We were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our much-loved former colleague and friend, Jude Bird. The professional legacy of Jude's time at Curious Minds remains woven through much of our current work. She was a dedicated mentor, a trusted advisor, a fierce advocate and her impact will be felt for a long time to come.
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March 20, 2025
Image shows a Teaching Artist in a primary school classroom. The artist is in full flow, with arms outstretched, and a happy smile. The school pupils are engaged and enjoying their art lesson.
March 20, 2025

Rebalancing the Curriculum

Derri Burdon outlines our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report, highlighting the urgent need to place creativity at the heart of education. She argues that turning ambition into action needs more than vision - it demands leadership, infrastructure and courage.
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February 7, 2025
February 7, 2025

Harnessing the Power of Poetry

Poetry has a unique ability to resonate with individuals on a deep emotional level. As we mark Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, Director of Education & Learning, Emma Bush, shares an update on this Curious Minds project designed to support the mental well-being of young people in school.
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December 4, 2024
December 4, 2024

Celebrating 4 Years of Let’s Craft

We're incredibly proud to have been involved in this excellent project over the last 4 years, through our local partnerships in Ellesmere Port, as well as elsewhere in Northern England. Let's Craft has been instrumental in dismantling barriers to creativity for children and young people through the hardest of times.
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November 10, 2024
November 10, 2024

Responding to the Curriculum & Assessment Review

The Curriculum and Assessment Review has been commissioned to make recommendations on potential improvements to the current national curriculum and statutory assessment system in England. This is our opportunity to make sure a renewed focus on the arts and creative experiences, as a key component of a broad and rich curriculum, is backed up with the training, funding and support infrastructure we know the workforce needs to make change effective.
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October 10, 2024
A young school pupil enjoys an interaction with her teacher whilst painting.
October 10, 2024

Cultivating Mental Health and Creative Wellbeing

Creative wellbeing is a theme that runs through many of our projects, with very good reason! In this blog for World Mental Health Day, Emma Bush - Director of Education and Leadership, and Wellbeing Lead at Curious Minds - shares some insight into the transformative power of creativity.
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October 3, 2024
Young people in school uniform are doing a drama workshop. Two of them are using the comedy and tragedy muses masks.
October 3, 2024

Apply now for Leading the Arts In Your School

We’re thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the 2024-25 cohort of our popular CPD programme, Leading The Arts In Your School. This opportunity is for teachers within any education setting or phase, who are based in the North of England.
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