Enriching education through creative learning.

Hand Of is a charity that gives children and young people unique creative opportunities to work alongside professional artists, musicians and academics.

We run extraordinary interdisciplinary projects and mentoring which help children and young people get the most out of their education.

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Recording the North Tyneside Sound Walk.

Attendance

Alternative Provision

Students who take part in our Alternative Provision work have an average attendance of over 80%.

Schools

Children and young people who we work with consistently achieve above average attendance rates for their year groups.

Creating visual art during the North Tyneside Sound Walk

Attainment

Alternative Provision

Our 1-to-1 creative mentoring re-engages students with learning and enables them to gain a breadth of accreditation including ABRSM Grades, LAMDA Grades, Functional Skills and GCSEs.

Schools

We help to narrow the attainment gap. Over the past 5 years, the proportion of disadvantaged students we support who achieve 5 GCSE Grades 9-4 has doubled.

Learning about palaeography at The Unprecedented Case

Aspiration

We enable children and young people to create amazing things together with professional artists, musicians and academics, giving them career experiences and building pathways for bright and exciting futures.

Past students have gone on to study at University, taken on apprenticeships, and set up their own business enterprises.

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