Welcome!

The Faculty of Art, Design and Technology is dedicated to building pupil confidence and skills through creativity, critical thinking and problem solving in familiar and new contexts. Pupils are able to progress their learning through hands on practical experience as well as written tasks.

We aim to provide pupils with an engaging curriculum and positive experience to build self-confidence, literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing skills, as well as skills for life beyond school.

Pupils take part in Art and Design and Technical in the BGE to gain experience in all areas of the curriculum.

In S1 pupils complete 2 blocks in each department. Each block consists of 3 periods a week for a total of 9 weeks.

In S2 pupils take part in Art and Design and Technical with 2 periods a week in each department.

In the Senior Phase pupils are able to focus on the following subject specific areas:

Art and Design

Design and Manufacture

Graphic Communication

Practical Woodworking