Design Technology

Dauntsey's has a flourishing Design Department that has embraced the rapid changes in technology the subject has seen in recent years. It is well resourced with the latest Computer Aided Design and manufacturing equipment and all students from the First Form through to the Sixth Form are taught how to use these technologies alongside more traditional skills. The Department comprises of three CAD design studios and a large multimedia workshop with equipment ranging from a casting plant to computer controlled router and laser cutters.

Pupils in First Form to the Third Form undertake a wide range of projects that are structured to develop their design and practical skills. Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture are used extensively but appropriately throughout most projects.

At GCSE, AS and A2 levels pupils are encouraged to develop solutions to real problems and produce practical outcomes that are commercially viable. Each year this results in a wide variety of projects covering a diverse range of topics. Many of our students choose to further their studies at university in a related course at degree level.

The Department is open during lunch breaks and after school  for students to further their studies, or for them to undertake projects of their own.