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SSF gives children confidence & crucial life skills through the world’s largest youth drama festival. We’re creating a Shakespeare generation. Every child deserves exciting, active lessons which give them the chance to shine and achieve - & this is what SSF is creating for children across London.
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Situation
The British Chamber of Workforce survey says firms believe that school leavers aren’t ready for work because they lack skills such as communication and resilience, which are built through engagement with the arts. However, the arts are being stripped from the core curriculum. The introduction of the EBacc has resulted in a decline of 8% in entries for Arts GCSEs this year, and a decline of 27% since 2010. School funding cuts mean that many drama departments are shrinking or disappearing.
Solution
Our evaluation shows us that SSF’s active approach to learning is key to improving attainment, articulacy and engagement with learning. We know that participating in the arts improves employability and aspirations for the most disadvantaged young people in our society. This pilot project gives teachers a way to bring the SSF approach into their classrooms within the current curriculum, so that more young people benefit from our educational impact and no child misses out on creative learning.