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We are a department which has 7 members of teaching staff and two technicians.

There are 4 Technology workshops

2. Food Technology rooms,

1. Textiles room, a machine area and an ICT room

equipped with 12 computers and CAD/CAM facilities.

The Technology Curriculum encourages students to explore all areas of Technology through design and make tasks.  

 

 

 

Key Stage 3

Students study two lesson per week throughout the year.

One of these is a core lesson in which the students design and make resistant materials products.

For the second lesson of the week the students study one of the other 3 specialisms i.e. Graphics/ICT, Textiles Products and Food Technology for term each.

Homework is set for each specialism which equates to 10 homework tasks per term.  

Key Stage 4

Technology is a core GCSE subject that all students study.Technology at Key Stage 4 is taught for 2 hours each week. The exam syllabus currently followed is OCR.

The students chose which specialism they wish to study for the 2 years.

These are:

  RESISTANT MATERIALS
  GRAPHICS/ ICT
 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

  TEXTILES PRODUCTS

Homework is set on a regular basis.

Key Stage

We offer AS/A2 Courses in Design and Technology (Graphics Products) and Design and Technology (Textiles Products). We currently follow the EDEXCEL specification. As with all AS/A2 Courses students study for 5 hours each week.  Staff are available for extra curricular sessions for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students.

 

 

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