This guide is intended to offer guidance to those providing induction programmes for new teachers of D&T, food and Art, or for those supervising such programmes.

This short guide goes through the points that need to be considered when managing the evacuation of practical rooms in D&T, food and Art and Design.

This guide identifies the types of plants that can be grown in school gardens or allotments. It includes a timeline for sowing, planting and harvesting as well as a monthly list of jobs.

This guide goes through the things that should be considered before embarking on a gardening activity with pupils. It is part of a suite of documents which should be used when planning this type of programme.

This is a wall poster which shows when plants should sown, planted out and harvested, throughout the year. It comes from GL290 Growing Edible Plants.

This short guide takes you through the process of Cyanotype Printing, the oldest form of photography. There are also links to some supporting resources. 

This guide explains what coeliac disease is, and how to manage it in food rooms and non practical areas.

This document has been updated to include the latest guidance as of January 2026 and is for staff who wish to fly drones in or around school and senior managers who may have to deal with drone use.

It includes a draft policy and some helpful links.

This guide explains how to manufacture the fume control unit we have designed for use on the injection moulding machine from Sustainable Design Studio.

The files below are for 3D printing the extraction unit we have developed for our injection moulding machine.