Our range of extra-curricular activities and the Arts teacher’s commitment to excellent Arts provision ensure that Creative Arts is a high profile department which has recently been recognised both regionally and nationally. Firstly, we have been awarded the Arts mark Gold by the Arts Council England for outstanding Arts provision and education. We have also been awarded the prestigious Knights of Saint Columba Trophy 5 years in a row for the best school production in Birmingham.
Challoner is very much in touch with theatre in the outside world and students benefit from working with visiting professional companies and guest tutors from film, stage and television. It prepares students for auditions and has established links with the major drama schools and leading theatrical agents and companies.
Performing Arts, Drama and Music are taught throughout Key Stage 3 as well as being offered through GCSE and A-level. We were also lucky enough to be asked to be a pilot school for the new Creative and Media Diploma in 2008 and are in our first successful year of this course. All options are well subscribed and examination success is of a consistently high standard.
Creative Arts subjects enhance academic achievement in every area of the curriculum. The student’s involvement in the Arts, both in the classroom and through the wealth of extra-curricular activities, helps boost confidence, self-esteem, motivation and individuality.
The Creative Arts department is the perfect place for students to develop their potential both professionally and personally. This is a community of young people who know what they want to achieve and who are working with confidence and enthusiasm towards it.
