Making Arts Education Inclusive

Join East Ed, The Arts Council England, Eastside, EKO Pathways Special School, Sandrigham Primary, and Little Ilford Secondary school in sharing learnings and activities that these schools have experienced through an action research project commissioned by Arts Council England and delivered in Newham by Eastside.

This session brings together schools, arts organisations, and sector leaders to share practical approaches, case studies, and frameworks for making creative practice more inclusive.

Best for: Special school staff, SENDCOs, Inclusion leads, Resourced Provision teams, Senior Leaders. The session will be relevant to primary and secondary colleagues.

It will also be relevant to artist educators and organisations that work with SEND settings.

This session targets colleagues from Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Waltham Forest, and Barking and Dagenham.

What to expect

• Presentation from Arts Council England
• Schools sharing their journeys, barriers, and learnings
• Panel Discussion
• Practical activities on Leadership, Curriculum & inclusion
• Practical ideas on Inclusive activities to take back to school
• Resources and Frameworks to
• Networking and sharing opportunities

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This project was commissioned by Artsmark, on behalf of Arts Council England. The Arts Council invests money from Government and the National Lottery to support creativity and culture across England so that everyone, wherever they live can lead a happy, healthy and creative life.

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The session is part of the East Ed Programme

is a cross-organisational effort between the world-leading East Bank partners: BBC, UCL, UAL's London College of Fashion, V&A and Sadler's Wells. The programme also features collaborations from other incredible local partners.

Together, we link local young people and educators to the exciting institutions, universities, and sectors unique to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, offering access to programmes exploring creative, digital, design, and careers. We aim to provide educators with professional development opportunities as well as provide a space for wider discussions around careers, well-being, and work culture.

We are delighted that UCL and London College of Fashion are now open in the Park and they will soon be followed by Sadler's Wells, V&A, and BBC in the following months and years.

About Artsmark

Artsmark empowers teachers with the skills they need to embed arts, culture and creativity across the whole curriculum through CPD training from our partner,Goldsmiths, University of London.

The programme recognises schools’ exceptional commitment to creativity with the Artsmark Award - the only award for arts and cultural provision in England. The Artsmark Award is accredited by Arts Council England.Artsmark is open to primary, secondary, special schools and hospital schools, as well as pupil referral units, youth offending teams and sixth form colleges inEngland. Artsmark is awarded at three levels; Silver, Gold and Platinum. As of 31 March2025, 46% of Artsmark schools have achieved Artsmark Silver, 45% ArtsmarkGold and 9% hold Artsmark Platinum – find out more about schools on their Artsmark journey here.

Host or Publisher Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park