Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund

Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund

Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund to Open End of August

This annual funding programme supports the Foundation’s vision of a ‘more equitable school system where high-quality arts-based learning is a core part of all children’s education’.

The purpose of this fund is to support teachers to develop arts-based approaches which create equitable classrooms where all children learn and thrive. It aims to do this through supporting teachers and school leaders to develop the necessary skills, knowledge, confidence and experience.

The Fund is focused on:

• Pupils who experience systemic inequity and enabling them to access and make progress in their learning.
• Supporting arts organisations and schools working in equal partnerships to exchange and enrich their expertise.
• Recognising teachers are critical to pupils’ outcomes.
• Creating high-quality inspiring professional learning for teachers.
• Enabling teachers and artist practitioners to learn and work together in the classroom.
• Building a body of evidence and practice and understanding how the work improves equity for pupils.
• Generating sustainable changes in teaching and learning in schools for the long-term.

Grants of up to £165,000 per application are available for projects that last for two academic years.

To be eligible, lead applicants must be one of the following:

• Primary schools operating in the state sector. They can be mainstream, SEND or Alternative Provision settings, working with primary-age children.
• Arts organisations can be charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies active in the arts and culture sector

There is a two-stage application process.

First stage applications are to open at the end of August 2026 and close on 11 November 2026.