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'To be an artist is to believe in life'      (Henry Moore)

Our offer is broad and is growing year-on-year. This includes:

• A wide variety of art subjects on offer at KS3- much curriculum time given over to the Arts. 
• We offer heavily subsidised music tutoring for all students, with lessons fully funded for pupil premium students (some restrictions apply).
• Every student will have the opportunity to visit a live theatre or exhibition at least once during Key Stage 3. 
• Wide offer of Arts based clubs after school.
• Orchestra/school band/choir open to ALL students of all musical abilities.
• Opportunity to opt for more than one Arts option at KS4.
• 1x whole school musical per year open to ALL.
• Termly art exhibitions and showcases for ALL.
• Termly open mics.
• Regular programme of arts celebration and showcasing in assemblies.
• Strong and effective partnerships with outstanding Arts providers including Trinity Laban, The Arts Council, The Albany, Secondwave and many more!
• Year 9 Specialism Day -  an entire day devoted to the Arts enabling a flexible and creative approach to curriculum planning and delivery. 
• Dream Days in June when all KS3 students attend galleries, museums and workshops as part of our universal offer.
• Battle of The Bands competition every Easter.
• A programme of Creative Champions for our most able and committed visual and performing artists, giving them access to special events and opportunities.

The Arts play an important role in school life here at DG. We are huge ambassadors for the Arts as was the late Sir Ken Robinson. He was an internationally acclaimed expert on creativity and innovation, and the author of Finding Your Element, The Element, and Out of Our Minds. He also has the most viewed TED talk of all time with over 65 million views –”Do Schools Kill Creativity?” He will be remembered as an influential voice in education and the arts. Sir Ken believed that creativity is central to human improvement and innovation, and art teachers have the ability to empower students with creativity.