Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund Accepting UK Applications
This annual funding programme offers grants for projects that focus on how arts-based approaches can build equity in schools so that pupils who experience systemic inequity can access and make progress in their learning.
Grants of up to £165,000 per application are available for projects that last for two academic years.
To be eligible, lead applicants must be one of the following:
- Primary schools operating in the state sector. They can be mainstream, SEND or Alternative Provision settings, working with primary-age children.
- Arts organisations can be charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies active in the arts and culture sector
The following criteria apply:
- All applications must have solid partnerships in place
- Each partnership must include one or more arts/cultural organisations
- A minimum of six and a maximum of ten schools should be involved in each project, regardless of whether the lead applicant is either an arts/cultural organisation or a school
- Each participating school should commit at least two teachers and one senior leader to the project, though flexibility can be offered to small, rural schools
- Projects may include teachers of Nursery and Reception classes in primary schools
- All schools must be operating in the state sector.
The following may apply:
- PRU/alternative provision settings as long as they are a maintained setting, free school or academy serving pupils aged 11 and under.
- Multi Academy Trusts and Teaching School Hubs.
- SEND schools as long as they are a maintained setting, free school or academy serving pupils aged 11 and under.
Grants will support both activity costs and core organisational costs which relate directly to the project.
There is a two stage application process.
