The following organisations and publications have informed QCA's work on investigating creativity across the curriculum. They may provide a useful source of information and support to others.

'All our futures: Creativity, culture and education'
A report by the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education (NACCCE) to the Secretaries of State for Education and Employment and Culture, Media and Sport, 1999.

'Analysis of research and literature on creativity in education' (pdf)
A report prepared for QCA by Anna Craft, March 2001.

'The arts, creativity and cultural education: An international perspective'
A report in the series of thematic studies, published as part of the International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks project. Carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales (NFER) on behalf of QCA.

Campaign for Learning
Campaign for Learning is working to ensure that all schools are inspired and enabled to focus on unleashing the potential of every young person so that they become confident and effective lifelong learners. The Learning to Learn project in schools is a major action research project that is exploring the impact of teaching pupils how they learn.

'Changing behaviours'
A series of essays by leading thinkers, introduced by Design Council chairman Christopher Frayling. These contribute to the debate about the role of education in harnessing and encouraging creativity, examine the latest research and look at examples of creativity in action. They explore the potential for mutual benefit in partnerships between universities, colleges and businesses, and consider the effects that physical environments can have on creativity.

Creative Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE UK)
A long-term action research project set up in 1997. It involves schools in the Leeds and Manchester conurbations seeking new ways of approaching the curriculum through innovation and creativity. It was inspired by an innovative arts education project in Chicago where learning, motivation, achievement and drop-out rates were significantly improved among the young people taking part.

Between April 2004 and March 2005 CAPE UK worked with 50 Advanced Skills Teachers (ASTs) to explore and develop their understanding of the theory and practice of creativity. Journey, a handbook of training materials with a DVD and CD-ROM, was published in early 2005 as a result of this programme. Copies were distributed to every AST and LEA in England. Requests for additional copies can be emailed to cape@capeuk.org

'Creativity across the curriculum: A review and analysis of programmes designed to develop creativity'
A report prepared for QCA by Marilyn Fryer, 2003. The report is based on a small-scale investigation into some of the key programmes that are designed to develop creativity. The research includes the UK, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, with particular reference to their implications for programmes in England.

The Creativity Centre Educational Trust (CCET)
A registered charity founded to widen access to education and training in creativity. It caters for individual members of the public, the voluntary sector and young people. Projects are funded by sponsorship and grants, with support from The Creativity Centre. The CCET works in partnership with local councils and voluntary and community groups. It uses a variety of media, including video production, to enable children to learn creative skills while producing something valuable and enjoyable.

'Culture and creativity: The next ten years'
A report by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), March 2001. Sets out the policies designed to create better pathways for individuals to develop and enjoy creativity at every stage of their life.

Customise your curriculum
This section of the QCA website shows how teachers are making the curriculum their own by embedding aspects of English and mathematics in other subjects, adapting units from the QCA/DfES schemes of work, and combining units from different subjects.

Demos
An independent think tank. It aims to create an open resource of knowledge and learning, and connects researchers, thinkers and practitioners to an international network of people changing politics. Demos influences government policy, but also works with companies, non-government organisations, schools and professional bodies - any organisation that can make change happen.

Enterprise guide: Promoting enterprise through the national curriculum
This pilot website provides guidance for teachers in developing enterprise education and entrepreneurial skills among pupils in the 11 to 16 age range. It shows teachers how they can incorporate enterprise education into their schemes of work. Education for enterprise prepares pupils for life in a rapidly changing world, gives them the knowledge and skills to succeed and helps to make their school subjects more relevant.

Excellence and enjoyment - a strategy for primary schools
Sets out the vision for the future of primary education (launched May 2003). This vision is for a sector where high standards are obtained through a rich, varied and exciting curriculum that develops children in a range of ways.

Exciting minds: Creative Partnerships from the Arts Council of England
A pioneering £40 million initiative to give thousands of school children in deprived areas throughout England the opportunity to develop creativity in learning and participate in cultural activities. Based at the Arts Council of England, Creative Partnerships aims to develop long-term partnerships between schools and cultural and creative organisations, including architects, theatre companies, museums, cinemas, historic buildings, dance studios, recording studios, orchestras, website designers and many others.

Innovation Unit
Established by the Education White Paper 'Schools: achieving success'. It supports and encourages innovation throughout the school system, and is working with schools in a new way. The unit has innovation directors who aim to identify and promote innovative ideas that can make a real difference to raising teaching and learning standards in all schools.

National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
Provides career-long learning and development opportunities, professional and practical support for England's existing and aspiring school leaders. Its goal is to ensure that school leaders have the skills, recognition, capacity and ambition to transform the school education system into the best in the world. Its 'Leading edge' seminars include 'Leading the creative school', an initiative developed in partnership with the DfES Innovation Unit, QCA and CAPE UK.

'Developing creativity for learning in the primary school: a practical guide for school leaders' was published by NCSL in October 2004. The guide draws on the experiences of 33 schools for whom creativity has been a major contributor to their success. It explores how the headteachers have achieved their vision of a culture in which creativity can flourish. For more information see www.ncsl.org.uk

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
NESTA's education programme aims to support innovative and pioneering education projects that provide models for others to follow and develop. It aims to increase public understanding of individual creativity in science, technology and the arts.

NESTA’s fellowship project Ignite!, launched in 2003-4, supports exceptionally creative young people aged between 10 and 21. Its goals are to stimulate creativity through distinctive and inspirational environments and to devise support packages to enhance creative young people’s development. For more information see the Ignite! website (www.nesta.org.uk/ignite/).

Primary National Strategy
The Primary National Strategy web pages include links to teaching resources, publications, case studies and other materials designed to help teachers to raise standards across the whole curriculum.

'Research into teacher effectiveness: A model of teacher effectiveness'
A report by Hay McBer to the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), June 2000.

Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
A charity that encourages the development of a principled, prosperous society and the release of human potential. 'Opening minds' is one of RSA's curriculum projects. At its heart is the development of a curriculum that places as much emphasis on the learning of critical thinking skills, or competences, as it does on the traditional transmission of facts from teacher to pupil.

The Standards Site
This site is home to the QCA/DfES schemes of work for national curriculum subjects, as well as religious education. There are also links to the literacy and numeracy frameworks.

'What learning needs: The challenge for a creative nation' (part 1)
A Design Council/Demos report on the role of creativity in education, June 2001. It examines the need for, and the impact of, embedding a new approach into the education model, the curriculum, assessment system and the culture of learning in every school. The report is available on the Design Council website at www.designcouncil.org.uk (under 'Our publications').