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Primary Membership Options, Our main objective as your membership organisation, is to ensure the unique nature of D&T is maintained and valued. As it is compulsory between Key Stages 1 -3 we are here to support your planning and delivery, enabling you prove its quality in your schools during inspections, addressing the changes to the OFSTED Framework. With a membership of over 22,000, join us in raising the profile and reputation of D&T in this country. Turn to us for advice...
Head of Design and Technology and Subject Lead for D&T, Kate Finlay, Kate Finlay is Head of Design and Technology at Hethersett Academy and Subject Lead for D&T across the Inspiration Trust. She is an experienced D&T educator with a strong focus on designing an inclusive and broad curriculum. Kate is passionate about making D&T accessible for all pupils and ensuring all can succeed in D&T. She is the founder of the Big...
Member only Tasks and Activities, Focused Tasks FTs are where students are taught specific technical knowledge, designing skills and making skills. This may be a quick whole-class making activity, learning a new CAD programme, exploring polymers, or much more. Micro:bit Introduction - this unit introduces Micro:bits, taking a tour of their inputs and outputs, as well as exploring how to connect to your device (computer / ipad etc) and start prototyping with wearable technology. Crumble Introduction - this FT introduces the Crumble microcontroller including key features, programming...
New Contexts Released , We are pleased to announce the release of three more design contexts as part of our ‘Inspired by Industry’ initiative. These free resources are tailored for Key Stage 3 students, providing teachers with editable materials that blend real industry challenges with curriculum requirements. Explore the new contexts: KI Europe – Minimising Parts This context explores reducing components in furniture design while maintaining strength and functionality. Students can experiment with a range of materials, including timbers, metals,...
Royal Ballet and Opera Create & Design, This webinar takes you behind the scenes of world-class production design with the Royal Ballet & Opera Schools Create & Design team. Hear from a Stage Designer, Production Manager and Senior Visualisation Technician as they share how creative and technical teams interpret briefs, collaborate and bring ideas to life for live audiences. With insights into modelling, sustainability and problem-solving, the session offers practical inspiration for D&T teachers, highlighting clear links between
Membership Support, Convert your Individual membership to Departmental membership Many of our individual members are convincing their schools to invest in secondary Departmental membership from the school budget This offers your school tremendous value, member support and invaluable engagement for your whole team and allows them to budget for resources, events and CPD at discounted rates. We are happy to help you with the conversion from individual to Departmental membership. Importantly our new Design and Technology Self-Review Framework is really...
MAN Group’s Design & Make Challenge , The MAN Group’s Design & Make Challenge is an annual event for Year 10–12 students, promoting careers in engineering, manufacturing and technology. The Challenge will take place on Tuesday 7 July 2026 at The Junction building at the University of Warwick in Coventry. Schools and colleges are invited to enter teams to compete in three categories: Innovation of Design Design
Monmouth School 360 Virtual Tour, Fancy creating a virtual school video to show new entrants before they transition from primary to secondary school Additionally this can be used to guide architects and construction firms for surveying purposes when your school is considering building or maintenance work. Click on the link and then click on the name of the school you wish to tour
Furniture Design & Real-World Skills Webinar, We were joined by teachers on a free webinar introducing secondary D&T teachers to a new ‘Inspired by Industry’ context made in collaboration with KI on ‘Minimising Parts’ in furniture design. Developed in collaboration with the Furniture Makers' Company and KI, this new educational context introduces students to practical aspects of furniture design, sustainability, and efficient manufacturing through the concept of “minimizing parts.”
KS3 D&T National Strategy Module 3: Short- and medium-term planning, Key Stage 3 D&T National Strategy: Framework and training materialsModule 3: Planning to teach the Framework: short- and medium-term planningFirst published 2004 The KS3 National Strategy (2004) provided the framework for teaching D&T and is the basis from which the new National Curriculum has been developed. This module has examples of the framework objectives and looks at ways to share these with students. It considers different planning models,...
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