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Leading for Creativity – towards creative organisations

Creative learning is central to the school improvement agenda.   Schools can use creative approaches to identify and address areas for improvement, developing a whole school ethos around creativity in learning and teaching.

Leaders can encourage thinking that explores more radical approaches to implementing programmes, for example in Building Schools for the Future.   This could include ways of promoting a whole school culture and ethos of communication, exploration and curriculum innovation.

The most successful creative schools demonstrate a passion for learning and for embedding creativity within the whole curriculum. They have a strong sense of vision, are willing to push boundaries and take risks, and promote a culture where ideas are shared and celebrated.

Promoting Creative Learning – developing young people’s creative thinking and doing

Students are motivated to learn more effectively when they have opportunities to learn by doing, making discoveries and experimenting for themselves.   Channelling young people’s energies into creative and active learning can improve discipline, concentration, communication and enjoyment.

Through the creative process students can develop their competences by employing higher order thinking skills, increasing their capacity for intellectual risk taking and gaining a clearer understanding of their own learning needs, thereby recognising their potential and leading to increased achievement and aspiration.

'….every student should, within their school, have excellent teaching that suits them, building on what they know, fitting them for what they aspire to, and helping them reach their full potential.' DfES: Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners (2004).