NEWS: New arts fund will test the effect of cultural trips on attainment

[ENCATC Monitors of Culture]

A new £2.5 million fund is to test the effectiveness of theatre trips and museum visits on schoolchildren’s attainment. The aim of the new grant, set up jointly by the Education Endowment Fund and the Royal Society of Arts, is to test the impact of cultural education on pupils’ attainment, as well as their creativity and confidence. The money will be used to fund the delivery and evaluation of different cultural-learning activities, to determine which is most likely to have an impact on pupils’ academic achievement. But the study will also look at whether theatre and museum visits and practical activities have an effect on pupils’ character and resilience.

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