Creative Arts

Music

Musical aptitude is a criterion for entry to St Clement Danes, reflecting the fact that music is a major strength of the school. Our recognised national and growing international reputation for excellence is built on a solid foundation of impressive and successful curriculum provision at each Key Stage. There are numerous chances to perform, both at school and on tour, with a significant number of students taking individual music tuition. Gifted musicians play in regional and national orchestras.

Drama

Drama is introduced in Year 7 and can be taken as an examination subject at GCSE and A level. Our Drama Department benefits from outstanding facilities, with three performance areas as well as lighting, sound and media equipment. There are annual whole school and junior school productions, which in the past have included popular musicals as well as works by Shakespeare. Students also enjoy regular visits to local and West End theatres and specialist trips abroad to Barcelona and New York.

Art & Design

This subject, alongside Drama and Music, forms the Creative and Expressive Arts faculty. Within Art, students are supported to develop their capacity to observe and record in drawings and paintings using a variety of tools, materials, skills and techniques. Students are encouraged to use a rich visual language to analyse and make sense of what they see - and to refer to artists who influence and inspire their work. All students are taught to embrace the formal elements of painting, drawing, three dimensional, installation and surface textural art work. Many continue with Art at A level where they have the option of studying Photography too.