Creative Schools 2025 is Open for Applications
Artist Tunde Toth working with students from Holy Family Junior School (Mercy), Scoil Lorcain BNS, St Ursula's Primary School from Waterford and a group of home schooling Children from Kilkenny Credit: Mark Stedman Photography
Creative Schools: Creative Ireland Programme
Deadline: 8th May
Your School Could Be A Creative School!
Creative Schools 2025 is open for applications from 25th February 2025 until 8th May 2025. Creative Schools supports primary and post-primary schools and Youthreach centres across Ireland to put arts and creativity at the hearts of children’s and young people’s lives. Schools and Youthreach centres that join the programme take part in a two-year guided journey to develop a Creative Schools Plan unique to their own school, and to put it into action. Children and young people’s involvement in planning, decision-making and reflection is central to the journey.
Creative Schools offer three main practical supports:
- assign a Creative Associate to work with you to support your Creative Schools journey for two academic years
- provide training
- provide a €4000 grant towards activity arising from your Creative Schools Plan.
For more information on the award and how to apply, frequently asked questions and dates of online information clinics, please see: Schools Hub | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaion
Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme to enable the creative potential of every child. Creative Schools is led by the Arts Council in partnership with the Department of Education and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Published
26/2/2025