Grade 6 and above in GCSE Art. Alternatively a portfolio of work and interview with the Art Department.
WHAT DOES THE COURSE INVOLVE?
Art & Design encompasses a wide range of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles
and sculpture, enabling you to explore individual interests creatively; make connections with other
subject areas to develop a range of technical and analytical skills; and allowing you a degree of
autonomy over your work. Throughout Year 12 you will be taught skills and tutored, so that you can
decide the direction of your work in Year 13. It is not uncommon to see students working on similar
projects but with completely different and individual outcomes. Creating autonomous learners is
one of the key aims of the Art department at Kings’.
WHAT ARE THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES?
Through learning a variety of techniques and processes and an introduction to a variety of artists,
designers and cultures, you will develop, refine and communicate your ideas, intentions and personal
outcomes. You will build experience working with a broad range of media, an understanding of the
interrelationships between art, craft and design processes and an awareness of the contexts in which
they operate. Visits to art galleries, museums and student workshop days are a compulsory part
of the creative experience. A public exhibition of course and examination work will be held in school,
in the student’s final year, for parents and dignitaries.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?
Assessment
Description
Duration
Weight
Component 1
Personal Investigation: Incorporating supporting studies, practical work, and a personal study, which will comprise a minimum of 1000 words of continuous prose in a subject of Art & Design is of particular interest to you.
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60 %
Component 2
Externally Set Assignment: Incorporating preparatory studies and a 15–hour period of sustained focus, students will produce final outcome(s) extending from their preparatory studies in response to the Externally Set Assignment.
15 Hrs
40 %
WHY IS THIS QUALIFICATION USEFUL?
The types of courses or careers to which Art and Design are particularly relevant include: Advertising
Art Director, Film; Media; Animator; Architect; Art Editor; Art Exhibition Organiser- curator; Art
Therapist; CAD Draughtsperson; Cartoonist; Computer Games Designer; Jeweller; Graphic Designer;
Illustrator; Interior Designer; Internet/ Web professional; Landscape Architect; Makeup Artist; Medical
Illustrator; Medical Photographer; Model Maker; Multimedia Designer; Gallery Curator; Photographer;
Product Designer; Tailor/Dressmaker; Technical Illustrator; Education.
Kings Sixth Form
