Inspire your team through hands-on sessions with professional artists that equip staff with the skills and confidence to lead arts-based activities in the classroom.
Sessions for teachers
Public Teacher CPD Programme
Are you a teacher or educator looking to develop your skills? See what’s coming up in our programme of workshops.
Training for schools
“School is potentially a wonderful place to make art because somebody else is telling you what to do and you don’t have to make all the decisions.
School is also potentially a terrible place to make art because somebody else is telling you what to do and you don’t get to make all the decisions.
As teachers, you are defining the space within which to create things, not defining the thing that’s made.“
Esther Neslen, Bow Arts artist
How we design CPD training
Teacher Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training can be one-off sessions, whole INSET days, or a series of workshops. The focus of our teacher CPD ranges from specific skill development – training staff to use new tools, mediums or techniques – to strengthening their delivery in the classroom. They can also be designed to support your staff’s creative approach and planning, providing deeper understanding of how to integrate art into other subject areas.
“My practice tomorrow will be different because of what I have learnt today”
Primary Art Lead
Teacher CPD: Educators’ Private View: Bow Open 2026 with Yuliya V Krylova
Spend the evening with us at our relaxed, educator-only viewing of Bow Open 2026 in the Nunnery Gallery and a drop-in CPD workshop with artist educator Yuliya V Krylova.
Artist Educator CPD: Analogue Filmmaking in the Classroom with Niki Kohandel
Investigate how to use cameraless analogue film techniques in the classroom and discuss how this tactile medium can be useful in settings with young people in an age of fast-paced digital technology.
How your school benefits
- Skills development, increasing teaching confidence
- Inspiring staff with the confidence and resources to teach more creatively
- Creative culture embedded throughout the school
- Higher quality teaching, raising attainment amongst students
- Cross-curricular links, supporting a creative curriculum
“Staff said this was the best INSET they had ever had. I would agree.”
Deputy Headteacher
Project costs
From £298* per day and £83 for planning and review meetings. Each project requires a minimum of one full day and one planning meeting. Material costs are additional.
*this is the subsidised rate for government funded and other non-fee paying education institutions. Bow Arts subsidises costs by 23%.
Find out more about our Teacher CPD offer by emailing learning@bowarts.com.
“I learnt that art can inspire lessons from all areas of the curriculum. Very enjoyable and informative. Thanks!”
Primary Teacher
