Staff
Richard Whitehurst - Subject Leader
Flora Dixon
Keith Mottram
Sue Sims
Rose Weber
Phil Winwood

Technicians
David Barley - Senior D&T Technician
Bryony Mellen - Food/textiles technician
Josie Rich -Food/Textiles technician

The importance of Design and Technology
“In design and technology pupils combine practical and technological skills with creative thinking to design and make products and systems to meet human needs. In design and technology pupils learn to use today's technologies and participate in developing tomorrow's. They learn to think creatively and intervene to improve quality of life, solving problems as individuals and members of a team. Working in stimulating contexts that provide a spectrum of opportunities and draw on the local ethos, community and wider world, pupils identify needs and opportunities. They respond with ideas, products and systems, challenging expectations where appropriate. They combine practical and intellectual skills with an understanding of aesthetic, technical, cultural, health, social, emotional, economic, industrial and environmental issues. As they do so, they evaluate present and past design and technology, and its uses and effects. Through design and technology pupils become confident practically and develop as discriminating users of products. They apply their creative thinking and learn to innovate, developing their self-esteem.” Qualifications and Curriculum Authority - April 2007