dot-art Schools is an interactive, online, inter-school, art competition, taking place annually and culminating in a public exhibition of the winning artworks and prize giving celebration for teachers, students and their families. The competition is open to all Primary (Year 5) and Secondary (Year 9) and SEND schools in the six boroughs of Liverpool City Region. It is designed to nurture talent, raise aspiration and take art out of the classroom into the real world. Set up in 2012 in response to demand from local schools and the side-lining of the arts in the curriculum, to date over 11,500 children have taken part.