Arts Educational Schools Explained

Arts Educational Schools, London
Type:Private
President:Andrew Lloyd Webber
Head Label:Principal
Head:Julie Spencer
Founder:Grace Cone and Olive Ripman
Specialist:Performing arts
Address:Cone Ripman House
14 Bath Road
Turnham Green Park
City:Chiswick
County:London
Country:England
Postcode:W4 1LY
Local Authority:Hounslow
Dfeno:313/6064
Ofsted:yes
Urn:102551
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Website:http://artsed.co.uk

Arts Educational Schools, or ArtsEd, is an independent performing arts school in Chiswick, West London, England.

Overview

ArtsEd provides specialist vocational training at secondary, further and higher education level in musical theatre and acting for film and television. The school also offers part-time and holiday courses in the performing arts.

ArtsEd is one of twenty-one specialist performing arts schools approved to offer government-funded Dance and Drama Awards, a scheme established to subsidise the cost of professional dance and drama training for the most talented students at leading institutions.[1] [2] It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools.[3]

History

School

ArtsEd was founded in 1939. It was formed as a result of a merger between the Cone School of Dancing founded in 1919 by Grace Cone, and the Ripman School founded in 1922 by Olive Ripman. Both Cone and Ripman offered curricula combining a general academic education with training in the arts, in preparation for professional careers connected with the theatre. The two schools were amalgamated in 1939 to form the Cone-Ripman School, the predecessor of today's ArtsEd.[4]

The school was first based at Stratford Place in London,[5] but following the outbreak of World War II, relocated to Tring, Hertfordshire, sharing premises with Rothschild Bank at Tring Park.

In 1941, the school reopened at Stratford Place, while the second school continued to operate in Tring. In 1947, both schools were renamed the Arts Educational Schools.[4] The London school was later based at Hyde Park Corner (144 Piccadilly),[6] and later still at Golden Lane House in the Barbican. In 1986 the school purchased the former buildings of Chiswick Polytechnic.[4]

In the 2000s, the two schools became independent of each other, and the Tring school has been renamed Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.[7] Today, Arts Educational Schools London is a co–educational Independent Day School and Sixth Form for pupils aged 11–18, and a professional conservatoire specialising in acting and musical theatre, as well as a range of part-time courses.

For many years, the president of the school was prima ballerina assoluta Dame Alicia Markova; Dame Beryl Grey became Director in the 1960s. Dame Alicia was succeeded in 2007 by Andrew Lloyd Webber.[4]

Iain Reid was dean of the schools from 1999 until his retirement in December 2006. He was succeeded by John Baraldi, former chief executive of Riverside Studios, and former director of the East 15 Acting School; Baraldi left the school in 2009, and was succeeded by Jane Harrison. In 2017, Chris Hocking assumed the role of principal; he resigned in 2021 and was succeeded by Julie Spencer as interim principal.[8]

In 2013, ArtsEd was awarded a grant by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to fund a refurbishment project. The money was spent on the main theatre, costume storage, the School of Film and Television and the school's access facilities.[9] [10]

Chiswick School of Art

See main article: Chiswick School of Art.

The arts and crafts architect Maurice Bingham Adams designed the Chiswick School of Art as part of the Bedford Park Garden Suburb's community focus on the site on Bath Road in 1881. It was destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944.[11] The school was meant to provide the estate with a feeling of community. It taught classes such as "Freehand drawing in all its branches, practical Geometry and perspective, pottery and tile painting, design for decorative purposes – as in Wall-papers, Furniture, Metalwork, Stained Glass".[12] The school was depicted by Thomas Erat Harrison in an 1882 book Bedford Park, celebrating the then-fashionable garden suburb.[13]

Academics

Day School and Sixth Form

The Day School and Sixth Form cater to students aged 11 to 18. Students are required to study mainstream subjects, in preparation for the GCSE and A-Levels, alongside their performing arts pursuits.[14] Besides the A-Levels pathway, Sixth Form students have an option to complete a BTEC Extended Diploma in a performing arts discipline.[15]

In 2015, the school was rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted.[16] In 2019 it ranked second in the borough for percentage of pupils passing five or more GCSEs at A*-C.[17]

Tertiary

The school had been accredited by Drama UK (organisation dissolved in 2016). It offers Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education recognised qualifications validated by the City University London or Trinity College, London.[18] A non-degree foundation course is offered for students who do not meet the academic requirements for admission into the bachelor's degree programmes.[19]

Former pupils

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grants and bursaries for adult learners. 6 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090204003441/http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/14To19/MoneyToLearn/DanceandDrama/DG_066987. 4 February 2009. live.
  2. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/14To19/MoneyToLearn/DanceandDrama/DG_10023485 Gov.uk: Dance and Drama 10023485
  3. Web site: Granger . Rachel . Rapid Scoping Study on Leicester Drama School . De Montfort University Leicester . 7 September 2019.
  4. Web site: History . 20 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Survey of London: 6. Stratford Place . Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London . 20 August 2021 . 31.
  6. News: Cove . Grace . The Arts Educational Schools Limited . 11 May 2022 . . 6 April 1962.
  7. Web site: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts . Tring Park School for the Performing Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20110415083328/http://www.tring.gov.uk/info/artsed.htm . 20 August 2021. 15 April 2011 .
  8. News: Arts Ed Principal Resigns After Safeguarding Report Published . 24 October 2021 . Chiswick W4 . 24 October 2021.
  9. News: Lloyd Webber donates £3.5million to 'Dorothy' performing arts school . 20 August 2021 . Evening Standard. London . 12 April 2012.
  10. Web site: ArtsEd: 100 Parents “Horrified” Over Bullying Claims At Andrew Lloyd Webber-Backed Drama School. Deadline.
  11. Web site: Chiswick School of Art . Artist Biographies . 2 August 2021.
  12. Web site: 1881 – Chiswick School of Art, Bedford Park, London . Archiseek . 26 August 2009 . 2 August 2021.
  13. Book: Dollman . John Charles . Hargitt . Edward . Harrison . Thomas Erat . Jackson . F. Hamilton . Nash . Joseph Jr. . Paget . H. M. . Rooke . Thomas . Trautschold . Manfred . Brooks . Vincent . Carr . Jonathan T. . Berry . Berry F. . John Charles Dollman . Edward Hargitt . Thomas Erat Harrison . . Joseph Nash . H. M. Paget . T. M. Rooke . . . . Berry F. Berry . Bedford Park . 1882 . Harrison and Sons . 193146366 .
  14. Web site: Day School Curriculum. artsed.co.uk.
  15. Web site: ArtsEd London Sixth Form – Curriculum Policy. artsed.co.uk.
  16. Web site: Find an inspection report and registered childcare. Ofsted Communications Team. 14 December 2017. reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 14 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625145130/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/50527. 25 June 2016. live.
  17. News: School league tables in London: Find out how your school did for GCSE and A-Level results. Evening Standard. London. 7 February 2020.
  18. https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/reports/the-arts-educational-schools-her-ap-17.pdf?sfvrsn=af99f481_4 Higher Education Review (Alternative Providers) of The Arts Educational Schools
  19. Web site: Courses: Foundation. artsed.co.uk.
  20. News: Beacom . Brian . Glasgow actress Moyo is casting spells in Macbeth . The Glasgow Times . 16 July 2013 . 18 September 2023 . I sent off applications and was accepted by Arts Educational (the London performing arts school in Chiswick).
  21. Web site: Kai Alexander . Tresa Magazine . 30 May 2022 . 1 June 2020.
  22. Web site: Alumni . Arts Educational Schools London . 2022 . 30 May 2022 .
  23. Everything You Need To Know About 'Bridgerton' Season 2 Star Simone Ashley . Cosmopolitan . Laura . Hanrahan . 18 February 2021 . 18 February 2021.
  24. News: Samantha Barks in the popular musical Cabaret. Paul. Cassell. GetReading. 3 June 2009. 8 December 2012.
  25. Web site: Darcey Bussell . King, Gordon . Everenglish.org.uk . 26 October 2019.
  26. News: Gordon, Bryony . Darcey Bussell: Dance? Not for my daughters . 26 October 2019 . The Daily Telegraph. London . 21 October 2008.
  27. Web site: Gary Carr . . 1 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717040349/http://www.lamda.org.uk/studentfiles/2008/c2008/CARR%2C%20Gary.pdf . 17 July 2011 .
  28. Food: Laura Haddock and Eleanor Wylde. OK!. 29 January 2008. 13 August 2009. 23 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223163032/http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/351/Laura-Haddock-and-Eleanor-Wyld. live.
  29. Web site: The Arts Educational performing arts schools . The Chiswick Calendar . 30 May 2022.
  30. Web site: Madeleine Mantock . TV Guide. 10 November 2017.
  31. Book: McKenna, Megan. Mouthy. John Blake. 2018. 978-1-78606-895-8.
  32. News: Pickstock . Heather . Bristol actress Tuppence Middleton stars in Hitchcock TV thriller ... . . 15 March 2013 . 31 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331180917/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-actress-Tuppence-Middleton-stars/story-18421160-detail/story.html . 31 March 2014 .
  33. 998907941788028928. ArtsEdLondon. ArtsEd. 22 May 2018. Our brilliant Saturday Skills #Alumna Mimi Slinger, will now be appearing as a regular character, Leanna Cavanagh in @emmerdale. Congratulations Mimi!.
  34. Web site: Charles Spencer on Instagram: "My son, Louis, graduated today from @artsedlondon with a First-class degree. He was selected as his year's valedictorian, and it was an absolutely beautiful speech – perfectly-delivered, touchingly generous, hugely grateful, and including references to so many of his 80 classmates. A final farewell hug to his brilliant principal here, and then on to his career. I couldn't be prouder of him – so much hard work, to add to a very rare gift. Congratulations, Louis!" . 2022-09-20 . Instagram . en.
  35. Web site: Pelley . Rich . Timmy Mallett and Michaela Strachan: how we made Wide Awake Club . The Guardian . 22 July 2020 . 20 July 2020.
  36. News: Gray . Chris . Abingdon's Oliver Tompsett on his star role in We Will Rock You . 30 May 2022 . Oxford Mail . 18 July 2013.

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