Following the 2010 election of the coalition government, funding was cut by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England in 2011, with activity in schools ending in summer 2011.
It aimed to build sustainable learning partnerships between schools, creative and cultural organisations, and individuals.
Reports include literature reviews about creativity and education, teacher identity, pupil wellbeing and tracking progression in creativity; evaluations and surveys of the programme; and qualitative research investigating pedagogy, wellbeing and progression.
These were a range of independent and ‘host’ cultural organisations, with many of the individuals working there transferring from Arts Council England.
Research by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that "young people involved with Creative Partnerships activities achieve, on average, 2.5 grades better at GCSE than their peers in similar schools".