Holistic Values

Cultural Development as the Quest for Beauty

Distinctive Ethics

Cultivating an Ethic of Excellence

Personal Imperative

Create Beautifully

Deep Culture

Access to the Artistic Culture of the West and the Islamic world

Enhanced British Values

Pedagogy

Integrative craftsmanship Learning habits applied to every subject 

Inspiring: you are inspired by beauty & inspire others to make beautiful things & places

Leisure: you explore the world through play, enjoying leisurely pursuits, & learn traditional arts for pleasure

Creating: you produce many ideas fluently, find a variety of solutions flexibly, come up with original thoughts, and elaborate by building on existing ideas

Presenting: you take pride in the quality of finished work; make things that are useful and beautiful, and you seek to perform with excellence.

Absorption: you become engrossed in what you are doing; you are unaware of time passing because you are so interested

Managing Distraction: you know what distracts you, you try to minimise distractions, you settle back quickly after an interruption.

Noticing: you notice how things look, what they are made of, or how they behave, you can identify significant detail.

Perseverance: you are not put off by being stuck, you keep on going despite difficulties and find ways to overcome them, you recognise that learning can be a struggle.

Curriculum

A curriculum in traditional Islamic arts and crafts inspired by The King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts (SOTA) or other local centres of craftsmanship, with Music and Art & Design offered as complementary or alternative creative arts of equal standing

The School of Traditional Arts exists to ensure that traditional arts and skills enrich our changing world. It offers courses suitable for anyone interested in traditional arts. Its pioneering postgraduate programmes (MA, MPhil and PhD) are based in the creative artistic practice of the traditional arts. Its short courses, taster sessions and lectures are open to all. The School has outreach projects in more than twenty countries. Its Harmony programme, designed for primary schools, gives young people a more holistic view of the world.

Learner Outcomes