A report published to mark the 10th anniversary of Creative Partnerships reveals that the initiative has been successful in cutting truancy and improving exam results.
Creative Partnerships was established by the government to develop creative skills among children and young people in England, and has so far completed over 8,500 projects in schools.
The report on its progress issued by Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), the body that now runs the programme, drew on separate research by a number of independent organisations, including Ofsted and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
It found that young people who had attended Creative Partnerships sessions on average performed the equivalent of 2.5 grades better in GCSEs than their peers who had not.
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