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"The indications are that pupils who participated in RACA achieved appreciably above the national and regional averages at GCSE level, and not only in arts subjects"
Source: RACA An Evaluation of the Project. Francis Marslen-Wilson, Wakefield MDC, 2008

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Raising Attainment through the Creative Arts (RACA) was an Aimhigher project to support widening participation in Higher and Further Education for young people in West Yorkshire
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"Integrating schools and higher education to work on a creative project on this scale was an inspired idea...."

RACA was an initiative of: Calderdale MDC, Cape UK, Education Bradford, Education Leeds, Kirklees MBC,
Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds College of Music, Northern School of Contemporary Dance,
University of Leeds, Wakefield College, Wakefield MDC