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Expressive Arts
The Barnwell Schools' Expressive Arts policy encapsulates:
- Equality of opportunity - an entitlement to a range of high quality arts experience for every pupil
- Effectiveness - a strategic and co-ordinated approach to arts education
- Efficiency - the best use of resources inside and outside school
- Extension - making links with the community
The arts help to unlock the skills society needs - creativity, flexibility and communication. 82% of people believe the arts help children achieve more at school (source: MORI) The arts boost the economy. Creative Industries earn �60 billion for the UK. (Source DCMS). The arts create jobs. More than 1.4 million people are employed in the Creative Industries in the UK. The arts change lives everywhere. (Source: ACE research) The arts are reaching new audiences. Over 1.3 million people have attended "New Audience Programme" activities since they began in 1998