Sixth Form

Sixth form courses began in Sept 2005. The department offers AS level in Art & Design, which covers painting, drawing, printmaking, textile design, sculpture and ceramics as discrete options. From Sept 2006 Art & Design A2 courses will prepare pupils for entry to Higher Education courses.
 

KS3, Years 7 to 9

Curriculum Time

Pupils are taught art & design at KS3 for 3 hrs per timetable cycle and receive additional inputs from visiting artists as part of their course.

Academy’s Facilities for Arts Teaching

One Art studio and one multi purpose art/technology room is situated in the main teaching block.

Exhibitions and other displays are mounted in community venues or on several display areas in other public areas of the Academy.

Access to other local arts facilities

Being situated close to central London the Academy has easy access to all major galleries and museums and has a developing relationship with the Whitechapel Art Gallery, the Tate Modern, The London College of Printing, London Metropolitan University and Bow Arts Trust.

Connecting with the Community

We are using our ever growing links with partner arts and community organisations to enhance the range of our art activities in Academy hours and in extra curricular and community work.

The Bow Arts Trust

Is our main partner arts organisation. At the outset we felt that to be successful in bringing artists into the Academy and our family of schools a real two way partnership was needed between the Academy and a single arts organisation.

The Artists in Residence/Artists in the Community Schemes

Our work placing and sponsoring artists in the community will continue in Sept 2004 with our artists in residence working in local primary and secondary schools. In fact we will spend over one third of our annual government grant on local community initiatives.

The Future

Over the next 2 years we hope to

• Expand the network of contacts particularly those who work in the community, with disadvantaged, disabled and elderly people. We want to involve ourselves in encouraging small enterprise schemes and art therapy.
• Remain a catalyst for further development of Art & Design Education in LBS

Our next two year plan will aim to spread the word further and offer the experience of our co-ordination of arts initiatives to more schools and community groups in the borough.