Creative sparks fly in this session on keeping creativity alive in young children. Strategies need to ensure that young people experience a range of creative opportunities and ways of working individually and in teams, with space to think, support to take risks without fear of failure, and to review critically the outcomes of their work. The session maps current access and progression routes in creative disciplines, reviewing links to, and the capacity of, provision that supports all who would benefit, especially talented young people. Creativity is not limited to the arts but should be embedded across the whole curriculum. Creativity is not at odds with raising standards or an end in itself but should produce outcomes of real value. Pupils who are creative will be prepared for a rapidly changing world, where they may have to adapt to several careers in a lifetime. Many employers want people who see connections, have bright ideas, are innovative, communicate and work well with others, and are able to solve problems. In other words, they need creative people.