From September 2010 access to the new Creative and Media Diploma will be available to all students in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and surrounding areas.  The delivery of this new qualification will change the way educators and industry work together for the development of our young people in the creative arts.  The consortia partners delivering the new qualification include Cox Green School, Windsor Boys’ School and Churchmead School uniquely lead by a professional theatre company - Jam Theatre.

Professional theatre and music producer and now Windsor & Maidenhead's CaM Director Mark Hartley, has not only a professional background in the Creative and Media Industry, but over 10 years experience in managing and developing vocational provision within the creative and media arts.  He has also recently worked as a Diploma consultant for SSAT and written books and teaching materials for Pearsons, for BTEC courses and the new CaM Diploma.

‘I have been in a position of leading training courses across the UK for the delivery of the new Creative and Media Diploma.  I can say honestly that to be involved from conception with the Windsor & Maidenhead Consortia has been by far the most creative, liberating and exciting experience in my working life within education.  The Head Teachers’ just ‘get it’ and they are willing to take risks and support change for what is best for their young people, developing hopefully a new an exciting way to educate young people for the years to come.  Look out for our new website when it comes online mid-November for all you need to know about why Windsor & Maidenhead is already being talked about nationally, by educators and industry professionals!’

Mark Hartley (CaM Director)