Insights into inspirational arts practices in schools: Raising the profile of dance at Princes Risborough School
Written By: Author(s): Vikki Woodley
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Princes Risborough School (PRS) is an academy with 1000 pupils on roll and 7 per cent pupil premium. The school is located in Buckinghamshire, a grammar school county. In the academic year 2018/19, the school became part of a MAT Insignis with a grammar school. The department has one full-time member of staff who is head of department and teaches five lessons of PE and PSHE on timetable, and 15 lessons of dance across all Key Stages.
2014:
Dance at PRS was an option subject at Key Stage 4, following the BTEC First Certificate in Performing Arts. Students who chose dance believed there was no written work and that they would just choreograph their own dances in lessons. There were six students in Year 11, 10 in Year 10 and 16 in Year 9.
I was employed part time to teach the Key Stage 4 students. At this stage, the value placed on the subject and the contribution that the students made to raising the profile of dance in the school and local community was minimal. There wasn’t any
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