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Lauren Meadows, Director of Education for Greenfields Education and external evaluator for Sidegate Primary School’s TDF project, Active learning in and through the arts, describes the principles that underpin her approach to evaluation. 

External evaluation consultants Pat Cochrane and Vicky Storey share some of the challenges, opportunities and learning from the last year.

Ten EYFS teachers and SLTs in primary schools from the Southerly Point Co-Operative Multi-Academy Trust in Cornwall are working with artists from Music and Dance Education and the Minack Theatre. Provocations in music, dance and drama are designed to support language, communication and PSED. Their evaluation is being managed by the project team and this blog highlights some of their evaluation techniques and reflects on their impact.

Ruth Pryce, Head of Programme – Young People, introduces our latest resources shining a light on the approach three organisations take that champions young people’s strengths and potential.

As organisations sign-up for the #TogetherforRefugees campaign for a kinder, fairer and more effective approach to supporting refugees in the UK, Alex Sutton, Head of Programme – Migration and Integration and Kamna Muralidharan, Policy and Projects Officer at Paul Hamlyn Foundation, share their concerns about the Government’s New Plan for Immigration, published in March 2021.

This is the second of a series of essays looking at aspects of PHF’s strategy through the work we support. In this essay Naima Khan talks with leaders across civil society about whether collaborative action is the answer to getting through the pandemic and stepping confidently into the future.

Sarah Seleznyov, Director of the London South Teaching School Alliance, describes the learning journey undertaken by artists and teachers over the course of their TDF programme, All the School’s A Stage, which finished in Spring 2020.

The White Horse Federation, a Multi-Academy Trust of 32 schools, joined forces with Prime Theatre to improve pupils’ literacy through drama and performance poetry. Dr Nicholas Capstick OBE, the Trust’s CEO, and Mark Powell, Prime Theatre’s Artistic Director, share the challenges they faced as they launched their joint TDF programme, the ways they’ve adapted delivery amidst Covid-19 and their plans for the future.

Teacher Development Fund advisory Group member and CEO of A New Direction, Steve Moffitt reflects on the challenges and opportunities for his organisation over the last year.