Papers from the RAPS project

There have been some papers written from the project. And more are coming. If you click on the DOI you will be able to access them.

THOMSON P and HALL C (2026) Opening the gates: How arts-rich primary schools open up to parents and communities Arts Education Policy Review. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2026.2720857

THOMSON P and HALL C ( 2026) 
Generative conditions for shared leadership in arts-rich schools  Educational Leadership Management & Administration 00 https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432261438948

THOMSON P and HALL C (2026) Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts-richness in an era of curriculum reform. British Educational Research Journal  52(4) 3112-3130  https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.70143

THOMSON, P & HALL, C (2025) Specialist arts teachers make a difference. Impact Journal https://my.chartered.college/impact_article/specialist-arts-teachers-make-a-difference/

THOMSON, PAT, MALOY, LIAM and HALL. CHRISTINE, 2024. “The way I know is by looking back”: English primary school children’s views of making progress in arts subjects Education 3-13. 52(1) 251-263 https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2253075

There are also cases from the RAPS project in this book chapter:. Unfortunately this is paywalled.

THOMSON, P (2026)  Incidental transformations? Creative practices and changing learning environments, in Mahat, M; Aldridge, J & Fisher, K ( Eds) 
International Handbook of Research on Learning Environments Springer https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-981-95-2591-1_5-1

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