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Schools

Our Programming and Participation team provides a variety of opportunities for Primary, Secondary and SEN Schools to engage with artsdepot's work

Current projects

A group of students in purple school uniforms performing in a white-walled gallery. Some hold books, others hold newspapers in the air.

Barnet & Culture for Youth

Barnet & Culture for Youth is Barnet's Cultural Education Partnership and aims to provide a rich cultural education for every child and young person in the borough.

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Three students working on a construction of white vertical and horizonal strips and yellow plastic.

Apthorp Architecture Exhibition – A Creative Schools Project

Supported by funding from the Ove Arup Foundation, the Apthorp Architecture Exhibition is an exciting project delivered by socially engaged architects with the aim of creatively connecting young people to themes of sustainability.

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Two performers dressed as crabs with cardboard shells and claws are pictured outside on a small stage. On the cardboard backdrop behind them, Boxville is written in large red letters.

Touring Into Schools

Thanks to funding from Arts Council England, John Lyon's Charity and Barnet Council, we're providing 10 schools each term with a free theatre performance, introducing students to accessible, professional theatre.

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A work experience student, smiling broadly, repositions a stage light.

Summer Work Experience

Each year, artsdepot offers a week-long work experience placement for young people in years 10 – 13.

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A diverse group of adults sit around a round table, all focusing on a collaborative mind-map. The mind-map is on a2 paper in orange marker. Everyone is smiling.

SEN Work Experience

We offer a programme of work experience for learning disabled young people aged 16 - 24 in late Autumn each year.

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Children Young People

SPARK – Home Educated Creative Learning Programme

Tue 6 May – Tue 30 Sep 2025

Art Space

Is your child Home Educated, 7 – 14 years old and interested in the arts? Then our SPARK programme is right for you!

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Students backstage at artsdepot using the lighting desk in the Studio Theatre

Backstage Tours

We offer schools the opportunity to experience a Backstage Tour of our Pentland Theatre space. In this tour, students go behind-the-scenes to discover how to bring a performance to life – through lighting, sound and staging.

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Several Papier-mâché figurines are posed on a table in an art studio. Some of the figurines are fully coated in Papier-mâché, whilst others are still wire frames. Colourful artwork is hanging in the background.

PRU Creative Workshops

Thanks to generous funding from Arts Council England and the John Lyon’s Foundation, we have been able to continue our long-standing relationship with The Pavilion Pupil Referral Unit.

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A close up of an embroidered patchwork showing a golden sunburst shape.

SEN Creative Workshops

Supported by funding from Arts Council England and the John Lyon’s Foundation, artsdepot is on a mission to deliver responsive and engaging creative workshops to every SEN school in Barnet.

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A group of eight young people lying with their heads close together, pictured from above. The image is slightly blurred in places and the colours are slightly odd, as if it is a badly developed photo.

NT Connections

An annual festival of theatre performed by young people.

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Past Projects

Three smiling students sit cross legged under a structure they have made from pink fabric and sticks.

Playful Prototypes – A Creative Schools Project

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A structure made from painted wooden blocks spelling HOPE on display in a white walled gallery.

Climate Emergency

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Two teachers and two students next to The Storytelling Igloo, a structure made from coloured concrete blocks, on display in a white-walled gallery.

The Storytelling Igloo

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Structures made from cardboard, coloured paper and recycled materials on display in a white-walled gallery.

Future Cities: Schools Sustainability Project

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