Welcome to the Art Department

Our aim is to teach students hard enough to see. We start all our projects with rich visual stimuli. We give students the opportunity to explore a variety of materials.

Although covering print, graphics and textiles our major focus is in fine art and photography in the Sixth Form.

We believe in encouraging students to challenge themselves and experience an in-depth art as a means of non-verbal communication. We embed critical and contextual studies throughout our projects.

A vital part of all our teaching is in the extensive demonstrations which inspire our groups.

The Aims of the Art Department are:

To organise the art rooms so that they provide an exciting and stimulating environment, rich in resource materials, in order to provide children with first hand experience from which all classroom teaching will be based.

To provide a strong and lively programme of visual and tactile education

To seek to develop in each student self confidence, self discipline and other personal and social skills

To promote good practice and excellence to the best of each students ability

To provide an assessment procedure through which students work will be monitored and evaluated

To promote cross curricular links and develop realistic programmes through which students can achieve greater understanding and transfer their learning to other subjects

To prepare students for public examinations and to provide advice on courses and careers in Art and Design

To promote and assist in making the school environment a stimulating and pleasant place in which to work