Art, Craft and Design

Art education allows students to engage in visual communication and encourages them to explore ideas and feelings whilst developing skills. Through Art, Craft & Design, students can develop their own personalities and interests within a coherent structure of creativity and learning. Art education within the college curriculum seeks to enhance students’ visual awareness in a wider context, empowering them to respond to the natural environment and also the contribution of art to our manmade world.‍‍

‍The Art, Craft & Design department aims to

• Promote each students’ imagination and sense of fantasy, recognising the potential for the development and exploration of their work.
• Relate their work to a wider context of image and artefact creation, making connections with the work of other artists from Western and non-Western sources.
• Develop the skills, capabilities and creative awareness of GCSE students who have selected Art as an examination subject, to facilitate their success to the highest possible level.‍

‍At Key Stage 3

‍In Years 7 and 8, students work on specific themes where they explore and develop a range of skills and processes which empower them as young artists.‍

At Key Stage 4 & GCSE option subject ‍

From Year 9, students follow a framework of projects which directly relate to the GCSE specification as suggested by the Edexcel exam board.