

Gedlingborough College Art Department

Gedlingborough College has been offering the highest quality education for over 50 years, having grown significantly over that time, we now boast 2 sites in the town, and currently educate over 3,000 students every academic year.  Our art department is known as the best in the area having attracted funding from both government and industry.  We work closely with local employers to ensure we are kept up to date with the latest working practices to give our students a commerical edge. 

Subjects Offered

We offer a wide range of art related subjects these include print making, pottery and ceramics, fine art, graphic design and photography.  

Print Making  BTEC National Diploma

Our print making facilities offer a wide variety of machinery to choose from, these include everything from screen printing and block pressing through to the latest in-house corporate quality printing both photographic and digital based.

Pottery & Ceramics - BTEC National Diploma

With our own kiln on site, running firings every day, and over 30 pot throwing wheels we are amongst the largest facility in the region.  

Fine Art - BTEC National Diploma

We have 5 studios completely committed to fine art, with a major emphasis on life drawing classes we run over 10 a week, we have a range of tutors both full time and part time who teach this subject, several who exhibit in the larger galleries.

Graphic Design  BTEC National Diploma

We have 3 studios of Apple Macs and with the back up of our print making facilities offer a fully realistic commercially bias environment in which students can develop there skills effectively.  We also have links with many local design agencies often running briefs on a live basis.

Photography  BTEC National Diploma

Our photographic studios have recently been upgraded and we currently boast 3 developing studios and 2 further studios for students to work.  We again have many local agency links, with many briefs being live and resulting in students selling their work on, and picking up freelance work.  We have a strong commercial bias.

We are very proud of our success pass rates and have listed below last years results.


We look forward to you attending, please contact Maria as soon as possible to let us know which day you wish to visit as places are limited.
