The Art Department runs a successful Scholarship programme where interested children from Year 7 and Year 8 have access to group tuition with a practising local artist. The focus here is on observational drawing skills and the development of a portfolio and sketchbook for senior school scholarship entrance. Every year Top Year enjoy a two-day trip to London, visiting galleries, museums and the theatre and throughout the school pupils are regularly introduced to new artists as part of their project work developing visual literacy. Children in the Pre-Prep enjoy an Artist of the Week discussion at the start of every lesson.
Our mission is to inspire confidence, individuality and courage in creativity providing a strong foundation for pupil’s progression on to senior school and beyond.