Curious Thoughts

April 2, 2025
April 2, 2025

Who Gets to Be Creative?

Reflections on the Cultural Learning Alliance’s 2025 Report Card by Emma Bush, Director of Education and Leadership, Curious Minds. The findings confirm, with evidence, that the arts are disappearing from the lives of young people. Emma discusses the impact on young people and what this means for education.
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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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March 18, 2025
A mic stand surrounded by colourful squiggles.
March 18, 2025

Tuning In, Giving Back

The BRIT Award spotlight on Ezra Collective reaffirms a vital truth: early access to arts and culture transforms lives. At Curious Minds, we champion this belief through initiatives like the Chance to See Fund, co-created with The Lathums, to break financial barriers and ensure every young person can experience the power of live music and creative inspiration. Discover how artists like Ezra Collective and The Lathums are giving back—and how you can help shape the next generation of talent.
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February 21, 2025
February 21, 2025

Responding to the Arts Everywhere Fund

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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August 25, 2023
Eleanor Chapman
August 25, 2023

Remembering Eleanor Chapman

We were devastated to learn this week of the sudden and unexpected death of our Trustee, Eleanor Chapman. A hugely accomplished cultural leader and performer, Elli was also a passionate advocate for children and young people's right to high quality creative and cultural learning.
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June 16, 2023
A young school pupil wearing a cape and mask speaks confidently into a microphone - From WoW's Super Heroes project.
June 16, 2023

The Power of Words

For the past 4 years, Curious Minds has been working with Writing on the Wall to evaluate and support their pioneering creative writing programme, Super Heroes. Here she summarises her findings - breaking down the key features of the project and the evidence of impact that she, with the Writing on the Wall project team, has been able to document.
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