Borough of Culture - School's Consultation Survey

Lewisham Education Arts Network (LEAN) is leading on consultations with Lewisham schools about Lewisham Borough of Culture 2022.

Throughout March and April, LEAN will be running a series of focus groups, online surveys and 1-2-1 interviews with teachers to help us understand what Lewisham schools think of the proposed Borough of Culture programme and empower us to articulate the needs, ideas, and concerns of schools back to Lewisham Council. We would like as many teachers and school staff across the breadth of Lewisham to complete the below survey and share their thoughts.

1. Lewisham will be Borough of Culture in 2022, how much do you know about this?

I know that Lewisham has been named Borough of Culture 2022, I have read the manifesto and actively check for planning updates.
I know that Lewisham has been named Borough of Culture 2022 and I am aware of its main themes.
I know the Lewisham has been named Borough of Culture 2022, but I don't know anything else.
I didn't know Lewisham had been named Borough of Culture 2022.

2. On a scale of 1 - 5, where 1 is 'not excited at all' and 5 is 'extremely excited', how excited are you about Lewisham being named Borough of Culture 2022?

3. In your opinion, on a scale of 1 - 5, how would you rate the arts in your school?
(1 = Extremely poor, 5 = Extremely good)

	1	2	3	4	5
Music	Music 1	Music 2	Music 3	Music 4	Music 5
Dance	Dance 1	Dance 2	Dance 3	Dance 4	Dance 5
Drama/ Theatre Studies	Drama/ Theatre Studies 1	Drama/ Theatre Studies 2	Drama/ Theatre Studies 3	Drama/ Theatre Studies 4	Drama/ Theatre Studies 5
Art and Design	Art and Design 1	Art and Design 2	Art and Design 3	Art and Design 4	Art and Design 5

Please give more information about your arts and cultural offer indicating any specific strengths or challenges.

4. Does your school currently do Arts Award or are you an ArtsMark school?

Yes, my school is both an ArtsMark school AND we do Arts Award with our pupils.
My school is registered as an ArtsMark school BUT we do not currently do Arts Award
My school currently runs Arts Award with our pupils but is NOT an ArtsMark school
No, my school is not an ArtsMark school and we do not currently do arts award with our pupils.
Other (please specify):

If you deliver Arts Award, what level/s do you deliver? (eg. discover, explore, bronze, silver or gold)?

5. Below are the main themes for Lewisham Borough of Culture 2022. More details about each theme can be found in the manifesto here.
Please put the themes in order of how relevant they are to your school?

A call to action on climate change
A celebration of diversity and our borough of sanctuary
A commitment to building an inclusive society
Creative activism and working together to deliver change

Comments:

6. How do you think the Borough of Culture themes connect to the school curriculum, your school improvement plan or any other whole school policies?
Please give specific examples of ways the themes could link to your school curriculum and activities.
Links to non-arts subjects would be relevant here as well as arts links.

7. In what ways might you like to see your school engage with Lewisham Borough of Culture?

Large one-day event organised by the council
In-school project linked to the curriculum
After school project
Opportunity for students to take the lead and develop their own projects
Projects linked to performance opportunities
Other (please specify):

8. In your opinion, are there any school year groups that you would specifically like to see engaged with Lewisham Borough of Culture?

Please explain why you have chosen these year groups

9. What challenges might there be which would stop your school engaging with ...

large-scale mass public events?
small local community events?
any other Borough of Culture led activity?

Please comment further on the above including any challenges or barriers to your school participating in any way with the Borough of Culture (e.g. timing of events in school year)

10. What would help your school to take part in BoC?

Visiting Professional artists to lead on projects
Resources / ideas for teachers
Professional Development for school staff
Mentoring opportunities for students
Work experience/volunteering opportunities for students
Some financial support
Other (please specify):

Please use this space to elaborate on your answer.

11. What is the best way for event programmers to share opportunities with schools?

Direct email
Direct postal mail
Direct phone-call via school reception
Social media
Listing sites or mailing lists
Via local schools forums (eg. Lewisham Learning, Lewisham Arts Learning Hub etc.)
Other (please specify):

Please share any local forums, listing sites or mailing lists you use to find opportunities for your pupils.

12. The Borough of Culture will set a monthly creative challenge to schools, community groups, workplaces and residents, designed to inspire creative activism. Challenges will be ideas / practical creative tasks to encourage arts engagement.

What kinds of creative challenges would you most like to see proposed?

13. At the end of 2022, how do you hope the arts in your school will have benefited from Lewisham being Borough of Culture?

More details about the schools consultation activity LEAN is leading on can be found here, and check our twitter accounts @LEANarts and @LewCreative to be kept up-to-date on how they progress.

Please provide your contacts details if you would like us to keep in touch directly about Borough of Culture schools engagement and project opportunities for your school and pupils.

Full Name
Role/Position
School Name
Email Address