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'Making a mark' - Not enough pupils develop their creativity through confident drawing
An Ofsted report looking at art, craft and design education in schools and colleges has found that after getting off to a confident early start, pupils’ progress slowed during primary school and was no better than satisfactory at the start of secondary school.
The report, Making a mark: art, craft and design 2008-2011, shows that weaknesses in the teaching of drawing have not been addressed since Ofsted’s last report. Too few pupils developed creativity through confident drawing. Limited provision for teachers’ professional development meant that less than a quarter of teachers surveyed participated in subject-specific training in the year before their inspection.
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Making a mark: art, craft and design education 2008-11
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'Making a mark' - Not enough pupils develop their creativity through confident drawing - Ofsted
