Learning through and about the arts enriches the experience of studying while at school as well as preparing students for life after school.

• • Arts subjects encourage self-expression and creativity and can build confidence as well as a sense of individual identity.

  • Creativity can also help with wellbeing and improving health and happiness – many students comment that arts lessons act as an outlet for releasing the pressures of studying as well as those of everyday life.

  • Studying arts subjects also help to develop critical thinking and the ability to interpret the world around us.