school leadership

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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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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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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January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024

Awards 2024 Launched

The Northern Cultural Education Awards shine a light on best practice, innovation and activism in the field of creative and cultural education across the North of England. Taking place on May 24th 2024, the Awards Ceremony will bring together teachers, cultural organisations, artists and leaders to celebrate their commitment and impact.
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Read more - The Northern Cultural Education Awards
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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April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023

#BeeWell & Artsmark for Wellbeing Project

Do you teach at a secondary school in Rochdale or Wigan? Are you interested in Artsmark Award and it's potential for wellbeing? We still have places available for schools to sign up for our #BeeWell and Artsmark pilot project.
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