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Creative Partnerships, the Government’s creativity programme for schools, will break away from Arts Council England (ACE) in April and attain its own identity as Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE). This will be made possible by a grant of £75m from ACE over the two-year period from April 2009 to March 2011. The organisation will be based in Newcastle and will continue to work across England with schools and young people to foster creativity in learning. Creative Partnerships currently works with 2,000 schools, resulting in improved GCSE results, better engagement by parents in their children’s education and improvements in pupils’ behaviour. The programme has been managed by ACE for the first six years of its existence. Welcoming the move, ACE Chief Executive, Alan Davey, said, “independence will mean that Creativity, Culture and Education can grow to its full potential and even more young people can benefit from creativity in their lives”. He added that ACE would “make a significant investment in CCE over the next two years”. CCE will continue to bring creative individuals, including artists and others from the creative industries, into schools and other educational settings. CCE Chair, Paul Roberts OBE, said that “creative learning helps young people develop the skills demanded by today’s employers: like team-working, networking and confidence in communication”.