The Charter School

78% of our GCSE students achieved A–C grade in last year’s exams.

We aim to ensure all pupils:

·    Explore visual, tactile and other sensory experiences to communicate ideas and meanings

·Work with traditional and new media

·Learn to appreciate and value images and artefacts across times and cultures, and to understand the context in which they were made

·To be able to reflect critically on their own and other peoples’ work

·Learn to think and act like artists, craftspeople and designers

·To develop an appreciation of art, craft and design and its role in creative and other industries

·To make cross-curricular links within The Charter School, and engage with community and national arts based organisations and professionals

·We have Artsmark status which underlines the quality of our art provision

·We follow an extensive curriculum during the school day, with many pupils moving to take GCSE Art and Design and then on to A Level study

·We teach all Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils one lesson each week; Year 10 and 11 lessons are three times a week and at Sixth Form students attend five lessons every week

·We specialise in photography and lens-based media, fashion and textiles, mixed media, art history and fine art.

·We welcome volunteers who have contributed a range of skills and knowledge to the curriculum and clubs

·Three large dedicated classrooms

·Kiln

·Photography Suite

·Print-making press

Community Links:

We have made close links with the following organisations:

·Dulwich Picture Gallery

·London College of Fashion

·South London Gallery

·The Thames Festival

·The Unicorn Theatre

We also work with professional architects, artists and photographers, including working with practicing artists during our special CRE8 week.

There are a range of clubs for Years 7, 8 and 9 that run on rotation throughout the year. Clubs have included Ceramics, Photography workshops, Glass painting and Theatre Prop-making.

We also have an Art Shop in school - please click on the button on the right for more information