Art Exhibition 2025 | The Learning Partnership

Welcome to our first art exhibition which will feature work from all of our schools across the Trust.

TLP is a Trust that believes education has the power to transform communities. For us, this means adding a premium to the offer that all of our pupils experience, by providing enrichment opportunities like this one, where pupils can collaborate with other schools and experience being part of a Trust-wide community.

We also wanted to put together a showcase of artwork that our local communities can experience outside of the schools’ buildings. This art exhibition is designed to celebrate the work of pupils of all ages and to give them the opportunity to experience success in a different way. We hope that all pupils who have created artwork for this event, not just the ones displayed in the exhibition, have a sense of pride and satisfaction that they have participated and challenged themselves.

We hope you enjoy taking part in our art exhibition and join us in celebrating and congratulating our wonderful young artists.

Dan Thomas, CEO of The Learning Partnership

Theme: Celebrating our Community Through Art

We're inviting you to produce artwork which celebrates our community. Each school is obviously free to interpret this as they wish, using all the skills, resources, materials and inspiration at your disposal!

We can't wait to see how our young artists see, feel, and express what our community means for them.

Central Exhibition Team

Please contact your allocated exhibition team member with any queries:

SWS, UTC, Wistaston	James Routs	jrouts@tlptrust.com
Castle, Dove Bank, Congleton	Michael Shaw	mshaw@tlptrust.com
Egerton, Knutsford, Leighton, Shavington	Maddy Field	mfield@tlptrust.com
Black Firs, Daven, The Oaks, Wheelock	Esther Higgs	ehiggs@tlptrust.com

Venue: Crewe Makes ArtSpace

Unit 12, The Market Shopping Centre, Victoria Street, Crewe, CW1 2NG

School type		Dimensions	Max. number of pieces per year group
Single Form Primary & Nursery - all year groups	Castle, Daven, Dove Bank, Egerton	A4 or A3	2
Double Form Primary & Nursery - all year groups	Black Firs, Leighton, Shavington, Wheelock, Wistaston	A4 or A3	4
Secondary Years 7, 8 & 9	Congleton, Knutsford, SWS, The Oaks	A4 or A3	4
Secondary Year 10	Congleton, Knutsford, SWS, The Oaks, UTC	A4 or A3	5
Sixth Form Year 12	Congleton, Knutsford	No fixed size	No fixed number

Mounting

Please submit all pieces of work so they can be mounted onto a wall - central team will apply command strips to artwork once delivered to venue
For example, add card backing to paper, or if you wish your work to be framed, please don't go beyond the dimensions of A4 or A3
All wall-mounted pieces will be displayed with approximately 5cm breathing space on all sides

Labelling

You must clearly label each piece of work on the reverse or underside as follows:

Student Name
School
Year Group

Click on the relevant details below to understand how your school's art will be displayed at the exhibition:

Single Form Primary & Nursery Schools

Double Form Primary & Nursery Schools + Secondary Years 7, 8 & 9

Year 10

Sixth Form Year 12

Selection of Artwork

Schools to decide themselves which artwork they wish to submit for the exhibition
This could be selected via a competition, an after-school art club, coursework, lesson-time project etc

Sculpture or 3D art for table display

Each school can also submit up to three pieces of sculpture or 3D art
Please liaise with your central team member to organise these as space is limited. Please let us know if you have large-sized installations

Timetable of key dates and deadlines:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
w/c 9th June				13th June - Deadline for schools to submit exhibitor details (Name, school, year group)
w/c 16th June
w/c 23rd June				27th June - DROP-OFF ARTWORK. 9am - 12pm @ Crewe Makes ArtSpace
30th June - Exhibition set-up (Jamie & Central Team)	1st July - Exhibition set-up (Jamie & Central Team)	2nd July - Judges select winners, 10am - 12pm	3rd July - Schools notified of winners
7th July - School visits am - The Oaks, Leighton pm – Black Firs, WCLA	8th July - School visits am - UTC, CHS pm – Wheelock, SWS	9th July - School visits am – Egerton, Knutsford pm - Castle, Dove Bank	10th July - School visits am - Daven, Shavington	11th July - Trust Inset Day
w/c 14th July			17th July - VIP Event 2pm - 3.30pm
18th - 31st July: Exhibition remains open to the public. Opening hours: Mon & Weds: 10am - 2pm, Sat: 11am - 2pm
w/c 1st Sept - COLLECT ARTWORK from Crewe Makes ArtSpace

Travel arrangements

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See bottom of page for walking route to venue from Crewe UTC

Arrangements have been made for all schools to visit the exhibition, so that our young artists have the opportunity to view their artwork at the event. Please check the allocated date, time and travel arrangements below for your school. Speak with your Central Team member if you have any queries.

	Morning: 10am - 11.30am	Afternoon: 1pm - 2.30pm
Friday 4th July
Monday 7th July	The Oaks - use own minibus x 2 journeys Leighton - use minibuses from UTC and SWS DTh to present awards	Black Firs - use both minibuses from CHS WCLA - use minibuses from SWS and The Oaks KB to present awards
Tuesday 8th July	UTC - walk to the event CHS - use own minibuses DTh to present awards	Wheelock - use minibuses from SWS and UTC SWS - walk to the event DTw to present awards
Wednesday 9th July	Knutsford Academy & Egerton - share coach* tbc. 50 seats total KB to present awards*	Castle - use UTC minibus Dove Bank - use CHS minibus KB to present awards
Thursday 10th July	Daven - use CHS minibus Shavington - use UTC minibus LH to present awards

Important notes

Schools to arrange their own minibus drivers
Schools to collect and return the minibus they have been allocated
Schools to complete their own risk assessment for the visit - assessment of venue available on EVOLVE. See below
Minibuses to be parked at Crewe UTC. The venue is then approx. 5 mins walk
Length of time at the venue approx. 90 mins to ensure easily fits into morning or afternoon session

Please note seating capacity of minibuses:

Minibus from	Seats in rear	Seats in front (incl driver)	Total	Relevant schools
The Oaks (1 bus) Contact: Nicola Jones-Butler njones-butler@theoaksacademy.co.uk	tbc	tbc	tbc	The Oaks Wistaston
Sir William Stanier School (1 bus) Contact: Richard Bond richard.bond@sws.cheshire.sch.uk	14	3	17	Leighton Wistaston Wheelock
Crewe UTC (1 bus) Contact: Sally Chapman S.Chapman@creweutc.org.uk	14	2	16	Leighton Wheelock Castle Shavington
Congleton High School (2 buses) Contact: Karen Triner KTriner@congletonhigh.com	14	3	17	Black Firs CHS Dove Bank Daven

Idea of how your visit may be structured (approximate & optional timings):

Arrival & Welcome to Crewe Makes ArtSpace	15 mins
Enjoy viewing the exhibits & select My Favourite Artwork	15-30 mins
Presentation of certificates & awards	30 mins
Optional activity: Draw Your Favourite Artwork	15-30 mins

All artwork must be delivered to the rear entrance of Crewe Makes ArtSpace on Friday 27th June, between 9.15am and 12pm (use Gladstone Street for SatNav).

Remember - all pieces need to be labelled on the reverse or (underside for 3D pieces) with student name, school and year group.

The Central Team or the Curator will be on hand to meet you and help transfer pieces into the venue.

This will also be the location for collecting artwork w/c 1st September, arrangements TBC.

Draft Marketing pieces

The Judging Process

We're delighted to have the support of three local artists, who have kindly volunteered their time to judge the students' artwork in the exhibition. They will meet on Wednesday 2nd July to assess all pieces of work, against the criteria set by TLP (details still being finalised - confirmation will be shared very soon!).

Awards

There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize awarded to every year group; 39 awards in total. The work reviewed will include any 3D art and sculpture. Once the judges have made their decisions, schools will be notified the following day (3rd July) if they have a winner, in the hope that they can join the exhibition visit to receive their prize.

All exhibitors will be presented with a certificate.