Due to building works beginning on the ward in January 2024, the unit is temporarily closed to new admissions.
We are looking forward to welcoming pupils on site again as soon as possible and will share details here once we know when this can begin. Please do contact Gerry Robinson as Executive Head (gerry.robinson@haringey.gov.uk) or Lorraine Coady as Head of Classroom (lorraine.coady@nhs.net) should you have any questions about the service.
We run an extensive creative arts program, led by our dedicated creative arts lead, providing a safe and stimulating environment to explore creativity and learn new and exciting skills. Our curriculum provides opportunities for young people to earn qualifications including Art GCSE, A-Levels, Trinity College Bronze Arts Award and a variety of AQA Unit awards. We also take pride in our students' accomplishments, publishing their work on our classroom blog and creating regular exhibitions in the communal spaces in Simmons House.
Young people have the opportunity to explore a variety of creative skills, including:
Visual Arts - This includes activities such as painting, drawing, print making, ceramics, sculpture, makeup artistry and digital design.
Craft - Design & Technology projects including furniture making, pottery, textiles and more.
Literary Arts - Creative writing, including storytelling and poetry.
Music - Our visiting specialists offer one-on-one music lessons for instruments including the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, violin, and more. We have a wide variety of instruments available for students to learn through the Haringey Music service's instrument library. We also teach digital music making and record music using Logic Pro software.
Workshops - We organise workshops with industry specialists. Most recently hosting a workshop with renowned leather working film costumier. We have also welcomed famous DJ's, poets, painters and children's book illustrators.
Digital Arts/Media - We offer lessons in photography, photo editing, filmmaking, graphic design, and digital art to incorporate technology into creative expression.
Performing Arts - We can provide drama, dance, and music lessons for those interested in performing on stage.
Competitions - Students are encouraged to enter art competitions, such as the Royal Academy's Young Artist's Summer Show, to showcase their talents.
Arts Award is a range of unique qualifications run by Trinity College London that supports anyone aged up to 25 to grow as artists and arts leaders, inspiring them to connect with and take part in the wider arts world through taking challenges in an art form - from fashion to digital art, pottery to poetry.
All students are given the opportunity to achieve their Bronze Arts Award while in the classroom.
To achieve Bronze, a Level 1 Award, young people must complete the following:
PART A: Take part in an arts activity they enjoy - this could be anything from watercolour to spray painting, embroidery to photography, song writing to learning a new musical instrument - it's totally open to personal preference.
PART B: Go to an arts event and reflect on and document the experience
PART C: Research their arts inspiration
PART D: Share a skill with others
Young people create their own Arts Award portfolios to keep a record of their creative journey. Their portfolio might be a sketchbook, folder, blog or a website – it’s up to them.
Trinity College Moderator Comments
'I enjoyed moderating these portfolios. It was clear that the young people involved had discovered creative work that they found both interesting and rewarding. The evidence for Part A was impressive.'
‘These are good Arts Award portfolios, covering a wide range of arts. I was very struck by the high level of some of the art work in the portfolios’
'The art works throughout the portfolio are first class..the choice of artists for Part C is interesting and the evidence is strong'
‘The young people have clearly benefited from doing their Arts Award’
‘I thought they were all highly individual and expressive of student’s interests and abilities’
‘The portfolios were detailed and well presented. They demonstrated art form development, understanding and creativity’
