Design and Technology
The Design and Technology Department is a busy, vibrant, imaginative and forward thinking place at Arden. We have wonderfully dedicated and enthusiastic members of staff in the department, including teaching staff and technicians. The Department is extremely busy with a large range of courses taking place at all levels. We have many extra-curricular opportunities including school house competitions, regional and national competitions.
The Department is housed in The Smart Centre. The rooms in the Centre are multi-purpose. There are two Design and Technology workshops equipped with work benches, tools, machines, CAD/CAM machines and computers. There are two design rooms used for KS3 Textiles and modelling as well as two specialist kitchens for Catering and Food and Nutrition. All rooms have learning walls with Smart Whiteboards or projectors and white boards.
The classrooms are positioned around The Atrium, which is a shared space for Key Stage Five students to use as well as students from Design and Technology. The Atrium has four pods of computers further adding to the multi use aspect of the building.
As well as our KS3 Curriculum we offer the following subjects at KS4 and KS5
Design & Technology - GCSE
Engineering - Cambridge National Certificate Level 1/2
Hair & Beauty - City & Guilds Level 2 Technical Award
Creative Technologies - Cambridge National Certificate Level 1/2
Hospitality and Catering - WJEC Level 1 / 2 Technical award
Food Preparation and Nutrition - GCSE
Product Design - Alevel
To find out more about the different curricula across all three key stages please select from the links listed below.