The Wavell School

Photography is an optional subject that can be taken in KS4

Aim of the Photography Curriculum:

Photography empowers students to tell their story, develop creativity, and build skills for the future

The Photography curriculum empowers students to express ideas through visual storytelling while building the technical and critical skills to navigate an image-driven world. Students learn to communicate, analyse, and question images, gaining practical skills in cameras, lighting, and editing software. They explore photographers, movements, and traditions to understand how images shape culture and history, while developing independence, resilience, and problem-solving. The curriculum fosters confidence and a strong creative voice, equipping students with transferable skills for creative industries and life beyond the classroom.

The knowledge students will have by the end of the course:

Developing Creativity and Imagination

- Explore ideas, record experiences, and express yourself through original, experimental, and personal work.

Technical Skills

- Learn to use cameras, lighting, and editing software with confidence to create high-quality images.

Evaluating and Analysing

- Critically assess your own work and others’, and learn to read, interpret, and question images.

Historical and Cultural Context

- Discover photographers, movements, and cultural influences, and understand how photography shapes society and reflects history.

Producing Personal Responses

- Plan and produce independent projects, and final outcomes, guided by curiosity and creativity

Transferable Skills

- Develop problem-solving, communication, time-management, resilience, and adaptability for further study, creative industries, and life beyond the classroom.

Gallery of Students' Work

2025 GCSE Photography

A selection of GCSE Photography work

Some recent highlights from the Photography Department:

In January 2025 a group of Year 9 students attended a workshop, run by the Farnborough Sixth Form Photography Department, using a mixture of direct and diffused lighting techniques.

October 2024 - Year 10 Photography students unleashed their creativity and let their imaginations run wild with Photoshop!!