PBL and Arts: Empowering Students to Craft Beautiful Work

See how School 21 brings cross-curricular, arts-infused project-based learning into every classroom.

September 15, 2016

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School 21

Public, Urban

Grades pre-K to 13

London

School 21 — a public, urban school in London, U.K. — focuses on teaching 21st-century skills to prepare their students for today’s world. They achieve this through interweaving three pedagogies into their curriculum: wellbeing, the ability to speak well (or “oracy” as School 21 calls it), and project-based learning. School 21 teaches Reception through Year 11 (approximately preK-11th grade), and will ultimately serve through Year 13.

In 2016, outperformed other local schools in primary-level reading, writing, and math.
Earned 2015 Character Award from U.K. Department of Education in recognition of their work to promote student grit and resilience.
In 2014, rated “Outstanding” in all categories by U.K. Office for Standards in Education.