Spaeda provides arts and cultural activities for schools and communities in Somerset, including artists in schools programs, leadership and skills training, and research promoting cultural entitlement. They offer training for teachers, school leaders, and creative practitioners, as well as support for schools pursuing Artsmark accreditation. Spaeda also conducts research projects testing new approaches to arts education and works with partner organizations through their InspirED network.

1. Spaeda - joined up arts and culture
for children and young people

2. Arts and cultural activities for
schools and communities
Leadership and skills training for a
creative education
Research and development
promoting cultural entitlement

3. •
Artists in schools

5. Leadership and Skills Training

6. The Role of the Creative Leader in the
Primary Phase KS1-2
The Role of the Primary Art Coordinator KS1-2
Creative School Networking KS1-5 – We put
you in touch with each other
Artsmark – Briefing sessions and one to one
support to help you make an application
Arts Award Adviser Training – Developing
young creative leaders

7. Creative Skills Training

8. Bitesize Skills Training – twilights led by
creative practitioners to give your staff and
volunteers confidence in using a new creative
skill in the classroom
Creative INSET KS1-2 – whole school training
to develop fresh approaches to using the arts
Subject Networks DanceNet, DramaNet,
ArtNet, FilmNet - regular countywide twilight
events, delivered by our partner organisations
from InspirED, help you expand the creative
offer to children and young people

10. Artsmark Training Agency for Somerset
‘ensuring
every child
and young
person
experiences
the richness
of the arts’

11. Artsmark is Arts Council England’s
flagship programme to enable schools
and other organisations to evaluate,
strengthen and celebrate their arts and
cultural provision
Artsmark is delivered by Trinity College London and 10
regional Bridge organisations drive participation.
Artsmark is supported by the Department for Education,
the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Office
for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

12. Working with The SW
Bridge Organisation
... developing young
creative leaders

13. Arts Award is a national qualification which supports
young people to develop as artists and arts leaders
An Artsmark school offers access to Arts Award

14. Research and Development

15. Spaeda promote cultural and creative
entitlement through research and action
research.
We lead a variety of projects to test new ways
of working in partnership and leave a legacy
for children and young people.
We are always delighted to hear from schools
that have great ideas to help us take this area
of our work forward

16. InspirED – Arts Education
Network
The Spaeda schools membership scheme has
come to a close and has been replaced by
InspirED, an enhanced subscription service.
InspirED is a unique partnership between
Somerset Art Works, Somerset Film, SPAEDA
and Take Art, bringing the skills and expertise
of arts and media professionals direct to
Somerset schools

17. Sound Foundation Somerset
Spaeda are part of the delivery group for the
Somerset Music Education Hub. Its mission is
to provide inspirational, progressive and high
quality music education for all children and
young people in Somerset. Spaeda creates
the bulletin, develops the website and leads
training and research projects to reduce
barriers to music education

18. Artsmark Marketing
Research
Commissioned by Trinity College, Spaeda led
research and consultation with schools across
England on the perceived barriers and
benefits of Artsmark

19. Alchemy - Regional Arts
Award Pilot
with our InspirED partner, Somerset Art
Works, we are taking part in a Regional Pilot
to find out how best to support young people
to achieve the Arts Award at Gold level

20. Short Breaks Pilot
Again with our InspirED partner, Somerset Art
Works, we have tested the benefit of creative
activity as a form of respite and relaxation for
families with disabled children.
Through InspirED are exploring ways of
sustaining this valuable work

21. Supporting schools to make the
most of the arts and culture

22. Spaeda at the
Great Bow Wharf
Langport

23. Spaeda Office
Jo Mobley – admin and finance
01458 254 262
info@spaeda.org.uk
Projects and Training
Sarah Jobling – education coordinator
01458 254 265
sarah@spaeda.org.uk
Research and Development
Alice Crane – artistic director
01458 254 263
alice@spaeda.org.uk

24. InspirED Adviser
Sarah Jobling
01458 254 265
inspired@spaeda.org.uk