Our art and design programme aims to nurture pupils’ creativity, imagination and visual literacy, encouraging them to think like artists and designers. The intention is for pupils to develop the confidence to experiment, express ideas and communicate meaning through visual and tactile media.

Each unit is thought of as a ‘project’, which have been designed as a spiral curriculum that is cyclical (pupils return to key knowledge and skills), increasing depth (each time a skill is revisited, it is covered with greater complexity) and prior knowledge (pupils build upon previous foundations).

Our Design and Technology programme nurtures pupils’ creativity, problem-solving, and practical skills, encouraging them to think like designers and engineers. Pupils develop confidence to generate ideas, plan, make, and evaluate products that are functional, innovative, and fit for purpose.

The curriculum is designed as a spiral programme, where pupils revisit knowledge and skills with increasing depth, building on prior learning. This approach develops both creative confidence and critical thinking, preparing pupils to become thoughtful, capable designers able to solve real-world problems.