We were delighted to attend the first of a number of ‘Cohort Days’ organised by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of their Teacher Development Fund support. This was an opportunity to meet the staff leading on other PHF funded projects from throughout the country and to hear more about the formative evaluation process that will be taking place over the 2 years of the programme. We hope to make links with several projects taking part and share learning, including with Tees Valley Creative Learning Partnership who are focussing on visual arts and our more local colleagues Southwark Teaching Schools’ Alliance, working with Shakespeare’s Globe on storytelling.