Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholarship

Students applying for the Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholarship must complete a separate application form and submit supporting information. We nurture creative talent and offer an open-door environment for our scholars to be in and around the workshops. Our scholars are expected to act as role models within the school to support the subject through:

• Regular attendance and help to support co-curricular clubs

• Attendance at events and exhibitions throughout the year

Our scholars will benefit from a range of opportunities and experiences designed to challenge and develop their designing, making and engineering skills, including:

• Participation in co-curricular Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation clubs and events.

• Involvement in annual PiWars competition

As a Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholar, you’ll benefit from opportunities to develop your designing, making and innovative engineering skills. This will provide a solid foundation for those students looking to develop their interest in STEaM, with a particular focus on robotics and coding, and for those students who might be interested in pursuing a future career in this area. You will also serve as a role model, inspiring your peers and the wider school community. Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholars are expected to:

• Show a strong interest in Design, Technology and Engineering

• Demonstrate innovation and creativity through their problem solving, designing and making

• Lead and inspire their peers and younger pupils through the work that they produce and display within the school

• Attend co-curricular Robotics Club

• Be committed to reaching their full potential and demonstrate consistent effort, creativity and an aptitude in Design, Technology & Engineering, which will be reflected in their academic grades.

• Support the Design, Technology & Engineering Department in lessons and at special events, for example when delivering subject taster sessions and Open Days

• Actively seek to develop their understanding and interest in the creative and innovative industries through visiting exhibitions and events

• Partake in, compete and help lead our Robotics team

Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholars will have access to forward thinking, passionate specialists, and to a department that is undergoing an ambitious upgrade and improvement process. The department currently has:

• Two workshops

• DT design studio

• Four 3D printers

• Two laser cutters

• One 4 axis CNC milling machine

• One metalwork lathe

To apply for a Specialist Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholarship, please indicate your interest on the online application form. To ensure we assess each applicant’s designing, making, innovation and engineering skills, we ask candidates to take part in our in-school workshop event.

Details of the event will be provided to candidates in advance of the event.

Applicants are asked to bring with them on the day examples of any creative, technical and innovative projects they have produced. These could for example show evidence of an interest in electronics, coding, 3D printing and traditional making and modelling.

Future DTEI Scholars Breakfast: Friday 5 June 2026

Application Deadline: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholarship Round One: Thursday 26 November 2026

Design, Technology, Engineering & Innovation Scholarship Round Two: Friday 8 January 2027