Using the arts in youth work is a long-standing tradition but projects are increasingly having to cope with funding regimes that want hard evidence of its benefits.
So an evaluation of arts activities in pupil referral units and learning support units, due to be published by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation next week (YPN, 1-7 June, p2), that has found that the arts do have a positive effect on excluded young people is particularly welcome.
Proven outcomes
Anne Wilkin, the study's author and senior research officer at the National Foundation for Educational Research, says: "The evidence used to be anecdotal, but when we looked at crafts, dance and music projects we found improved attendance and attainment, increased confidence and better grades."
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