Specialist Status
When we decided which specialism we would apply for, we decided that we wanted something that would develop our students’ creative, social and emotional skills as well as improve their academic performance and chances of employment. For that reason we chose working with the visual and performing arts as a way of developing the confidence and personal skills of our students. As a specialist school in the Visual and Performing Arts, Redcar Community College has been able to change the lives of our students and young people through a range of Arts projects.
Students have worked with graffiti artists and skateboard professionals as well as actors, dancers, photographers, musicians and many other kinds of Artists.
We have students whose work is of such a high standard in Art that they have had work in Art exhibitions in London that international Art experts are invited to attend. The most recent of these was the Christie’s Exhibition which featured two of our students. We hold the Artsmark Gold Award, a prestigious award presented to a small number of selected secondary schools.
Abbey Road Studios
We were invited to play in London at Abbey Road Studios for The Minister for the Arts and Culture. Our students sang a song they wrote about the opportunities they have had since they became students at Redcar Community College. Students from the school are so confident now that they play and perform publicly including the Middlesbrough Music Live Festival. Students get the chance to work with a professional musicians.
Dance & Opera
The students wrote an Opera and performed it in Darlington at the Railway Museum. The story was about a family who become involved in the theft of the Bell from George Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ and his ghost comes back to deal with the problem. We also work along professional Dance Choreographers developing a number of exciting styles of Dance.
Boom Dang Drumming Workshops
Some of our students train to be Youth Music Leaders, they learn skills and they teach younger pupils in other schools. These students have worked throughout our region and often run workshops at The Sage Gateshead with other young people from the region. In addition you will find them encouraging and developing our own students within the school.
Purpose Built Accommodation
We have an £1,800,000 Arts Centre. Inside there are Drama Studios and Dance and Music studios which are designed to give our students the chance to work to the highest industry standards. We have a Digital Music suite and Recording studio to allow the community to make music as well. In addition it has a well equipped fitness centre that the students use.
The purpose built centre which includes a Dance and Drama Studios, Sound Recording Studio, Indoor and outdoor Theatre and a well equipped fitness centre.
