The Art School offers excellent facilities for Fine Art, including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and digital media. Pupils are encouraged to explore connections between these disciplines, working confidently across 2D and 3D processes.
Our teaching emphasises the development of ideas through observation, imagination, and experimentation. Pupils engage with both contemporary and historical contexts, building critical understanding alongside practical skills. Collaboration and creative risk-taking are central to our ethos, enabling pupils to refine their thinking and develop their own artistic voice.
The Art School seeks to inspire every pupil to realise their creative potential. The skills gained provide a strong foundation for further study in the visual arts and open pathways into a wide range of careers, both within and beyond the creative industries. Head of Art: Keir Downey
Design is an established, challenging and vibrant area of the curriculum and one of the few where Stoics can forge and maintain close comparisons with the practices and processes found in the world of industry and design today. It explores the design process from simple concept sketch on paper through Computer Aided Design (CAD) and on to a developed prototype ready for commerical viability. Head of Design: Martin Quinn
Drama at Stowe has grown from strength to strength. Teaching and learning takes place in the newly refurbished Roxburgh Hall which has a proscenium arch stage, fully equipped with professional lights and sounds and is generally the site of major play productions.
Many of the drama pupils also appear in the diverse range of extra curricular drama that goes on in School, which includes productions by our Senior and Junior Congreve (our Drama Society named after William Congreve the English playwright 1670-1729 famous for his restoration comedies of manners) - each stages a major production during the year and is a key highlight of the drama calendar. Throughout the year there are numerous opportunities for entertainment with House Plays and other Stoic driven productions. Director of Drama: Simon Miller
From its very foundation Stowe School has always had a reputation for the Arts. Music has always had a high profile at Stowe and its very surroundings make it an ideal place for the student to make music.
A wealth of concerts and recitals are given throughout the year, mainly by Stoics themselves. There are often three or four musical events in a week, giving Stoics the opportunity to share their music with friends, staff and visiting parents, while gaining experience and confidence in performing in public . It is our aim that all Stoics should have the opportunity to develop their full potential as musicians during their time at the School and leave here with a love of music, whether classical, jazz, rock or pop.
The range of musical activities is enormous. Our Music Department staff is enhanced by visiting teachers from prestigious institutions such as the Royal Academy and others. There are numerous classical ensembles, orchestras, choirs, wind and jazz bands. Director of Music: Emma Bryden