We believe that Art and Design stimulates creativity and imagination. It provides visual, tactile and sensory experiences and a unique way of responding to the world. Through Art and Design activities, students learn to make informed valued judgements, aesthetic and practical decisions, becoming actively involved in shaping environments.

At Castle Hall School, Art and Design is taken by all students in Key Stage 3, and work through a range of projects in which they explore colour, form, texture, pattern and different materials and processes to communicate what they see, feel and think. Many students then successfully take Art and Design as a GCSE.

The department offers short courses for after school or at lunch times. Through this pupils secure more individual attention and have the opportunity to achieve their best possible potential.

We are currently developing our photography syllabus as we already have a dark room and we intend this to be in operation in the near future.
     

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