Fourteen @ Fourteen

28 of our brave and beautiful year 9 students agreed to take part in a portrait photographic project. 14 female and 14 male students, who are currently fourteen years old, were selected to be part of the project that was exhibited on Year 9 Progression Evening. The selected students also completed a biography detailing their experiences of being a fourteen year old in 2011.

Lucy Garrod, MediaArts technician and professional photographer was assisted by Year 13 BTEC Art & Design student, Lucy Wier. They worked with the students to produce a portrait of each individual in our specialist photography studio.

Thoroughly enjoyed the 14@14 Exhibition – what an original idea. I would love to see the same students comment as they prepare to leave TRS at 19 – their views were fascinating regarding their hopes and ambitions. The students thoughts highlighted what independent thinkers they are. I’m sure the families will also be thrilled to have such professional portraits of their children.

Mrs Goulds


Absolutely fantastic ! The experience of having a study photograph taken, the format of the prints, their size, sheer quality and the display gave the individual students an opportunity to see themselves in a totally different way. The whole exhibition and the individual portraits were so striking, I’m sure it must have raised their self-esteem simply by being part of it.

Mr Fordham


The 14 @ 14 photography exhibition was fantastic, the portraits were beautiful allowing the viewer to see and read about our talented students.

Miss Collins

The Hayward Huddle

The Hayward Huddle is a group of passionate young artists (16-19 years old) who collaborate with professional artists to create art for public display in London. They meet at the Hayward Gallery and create events for teenagers to get involved in.

On 30th March, the Hayward Huddle hosted an event for members of youth programmes at four other London galleries as part of the ‘Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project’. The event involved a tour of the ‘British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet’ exhibition, to film a review of our relationship to art. This also included a bit of dressing up and plenty of ice-cream!

Our Post-16 Art students, Jack Defer and Ian Hau were part of the planning group and helped lead the event along with a small selection of other Huddle members. Jack was also asked to interview one of the Hayward Gallery curators about the forth coming Tracy Emin show, ‘Love Is What You Want’ for a film to go on the ‘Louis Vuitton Young Arts’ website.

This is a fantastic group to get involved with if you want to make a contribution to the art world. For more information please see Ms Ashman.

You can find out more about the Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project at http://www.louisvuittonyoungartsproject.com/