Design Technology

Overall subject intent
We believe that a high quality art & design education is an entitlement for all young people & is essential for personal, social, moral, spiritual, cultural & creative development.
We believe that art & design education will enable young people of all ages to be confident citizens, flexible thinkers & future professionals, contributing to the culture, creativity, economic success, leisure, material & emotional wellbeing & wellness of our society within both national & global contexts.
We believe art & design education prepares us all for life in modern Britain & within international communities through study that promotes tolerance, respect & social, spiritual, moral & cultural understanding.

At KS3, students engage in careers related events specific to art and design subjects which will open doors to dreams and possibilities of careers in the art and design industry. This is specifically timed to aid your child with the important decision making that comes with choosing their GCSE options.

At KS4 students will engage with international engineering enterprise, Enerpac to work on a LIVE design brief. Enerpac will set students off with a design problem which needs to be solved through innovation and iteration. The winning students will see their product be manufactured at their site to see it in real form. 

Design and technology is kitted out with an array of great equipment. From robust, industry grade machines to modern computer aided manufacturing (CAM) facilities such as 3D Printers. ICT is frequently used as a resource to complete work with software such as Photoshop and Tinkercad being used to produce computer aided design.

Design technology evolves as technology evolves, causing us as teachers to keep on top of the skills and knowledge needed to meet modern day needs and requirements. With this, more STEM skills are being introduced allowing cross curricular links to be made with a range of subjects like Science, ICT, Engineering, DT, Art, Maths and more.

Students will learn how to use a range of Computer Aided Design systems throughout their school career in design and technology. Software your child may use are:

2D Design Techsoft
Tinker CAD
Focus 2D
Google sketchup
Autodesk Fusion
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator