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Art and Design Workshops for Schools

Creative arts and performing arts

Looking for art workshops that bring creativity directly into your UK school for inspiring hands-on sessions?

Art workshops delivered in-school feature drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and mixed media projects, encouraging self-expression, technique development, and links to history or science topics while giving every child a chance to shine artistically.

The art themed workshops on this page are designed to allow your children to explore their creativity and self expression. These workshops often cover a wide range of topics including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, collage, graffiti, theatre, drama, dance, beatboxing, DJing and music, allowing children to explore different forms of artistic expression.

These workshops offer plenty of opportunity to get their hands messy with different media, or get energetic with movement. Topics may also include exploring famous artists and artistic movements, helping your budding artists to further their understanding of art history.

These hands on art workshops include activities that not only encourage them to work on their artistic flair, but also encourage them to think critically, to problem solve and to tell stories with their work. The workshop companies who run these courses will help make are fun, engaging and meaningful.

The value of these workshops to children extends beyond developing technical skills, they also help with confidence and self expression, allow them to think imaginatively and to express themselves confidently.

Find a workshop to visit your school to learn about following Art topics: Animation, Bookbinding, Comics, Craft, Design, Drawing, History of Art, Multimedia, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Urban Arts, and more.

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Popular school workshop August 2026 !

Introducing Shakespeare- Engage and Inspire

location icon East Midlands, West Midlands, London & South East, East of England, South West, North West, Yorkshire
apple iconEnglish, Performing Arts, SEN


Art During this Drama Hut Workshop, we will lead the children on a fun exploration of 'all things Shakespeare', helping them to appreciate how exciting and accessible his work can be, through voice exercises, storytelling, text work and improvisation

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Mindfulness Series
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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3D design technology workshop
Early Engineers Express
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Expressive Arts & Design (EYFS) Creating with materials; building structures and exploring mechanisms Our Workshop emphasies exploration, sensory experience, and fine motor skill development....
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Flamenco Dance Workshops
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All of our workshops help bring the subject to life, mainly through movement and dance and includes spacial awareness and build on confidence.
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WW2 Workshops
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Victorians
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During the workshop the children will design and paint their own Victorian penny (over sized) to be able to use later in the day to access the Victorian penny school class. The children are also shown what the writing and numbers around the 'old penny' mean.
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Mayan Civilisations
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All of our activities are designed to support children's learning in Drama and Performing Arts. Through carefully planned activities and exercises, children use their bodies and voices expressively, develop their imaginations and learn new theatrical vocabulary.
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World War 2
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Through out the day the children will be taken on a historical journey by the workshop leader who will be in dramatical character. There will also be times for the children themselves to get involved using drama as a medium.
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The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
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Through out the day the children will be taken on a historical journey by the workshop leader who will be in dramatical character. There will also be times for the children themselves to get involved using drama as a medium.
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Creative Writing-Engage and Inspire' - Fairy tales
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Anti-Bullying Week: Power For Good
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Roald Dahl
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All of our activities are designed to support children's learning in Drama and Performing Arts. Through carefully planned activities and exercises, children use their bodies and voices expressively, develop their imaginations and learn new theatrical vocabulary.
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Only One Earth
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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World Book Day
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Ancient Sumer
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Drama days and workshops are a great way for children to make memories and retain topic information for years to come! Drama allows children to empathise with characters of the past and create a sense of what life may have been like for The Ancient Sumer Civilisation.
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Exciting Egyptians
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The workshop looks at the basics of the Egyptian form of writing - HIEROGLYPHICS. the children are given the opportunity to write their name on their own 'cubit' stick in the form of drawing the hieroglyphic equivalent.
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Maya Workshops
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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The Great Fire of London
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Olympic Games
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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History of the Olympics
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Safer Internet Day Workshops
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Our approach to education uses theatre and drama to bring learning to life for students on important topics. In our online safety workshops students take part in role-play activities to help them to apply new skills and strategies to stay safe online.
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