On the 16th July, on the evening of our summer concert and the art & design exhibition, we launched the Hearn Centre, the renamed Creative Arts Centre.
The Hearn Centre provision will focus on the delivery of performing arts training and will be funded by the Hearn Foundation.
The Hearn Foundation, funded by Peter Hearn, an ex-student of the school, is a significant funder of arts programmes, including programmes at the Old Vic and Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich and Blackheath Halls. The latter being a performance venue linked with Trinity Laban offering a diverse range of events in the surrounds of a Grade II listed building, the redevelopment of which was funded by The Hearn Foundation.
The Hearn Foundation has committed significant funds to support the provision of the arts at Central Foundation. It has funded the drama and performance provision of our Central Baccalaureate including the provision of drama and public speaking qualifications for all of our Year 7 and 8s.
Additional funding will now extend to the launching of the Hearn Performing Arts School. The arts can become the preserve of the few as a result of the cost and difficulties of accessing educational provision. The incredibly generous support of the Hearn Foundation allows for that high quality and extensive arts provision to be available for all of our students.
The Hearn Foundation and Central Foundation share the same vision of the power of arts to transform lives – both for all that the engagement with the arts brings – but also developing such attributes as teamwork, empathy, problem solving and self-confidence.
