The Art & Design Department

Key Stage 4 - Years 10 and 11

Art & Design GCSE

The course takes the form of a series of projects, each of which will take from between four and six weeks to complete. These will improve the students skills in a wide range of materials, and students will also explore new and different media.

Throughout the course, students will develop three main bodies of work relating to three different themes, one of which will be an externally set examination theme.

Students will learn about the work of other artists and use this knowledge to make connections with their own art work. Students will also see artwork when they visit museums and art galleries in London with the department.
Most students follow a course that covers a wide range of two or three dimensional media, but some may choose to specialise. If students specialise in ceramics/sculpture, they will do the same projects as other students, but all their finished work will be in clay or three dimensional media.

The examination consists of an externally set paper, which students respond to over a period of 8 weeks, developing and exploring ideas culminating in a 10 hour final examination held over a two day period.

Assessment

Students will be assessed both for the coursework that they produce throughout the course (60%) and for the final examination project (40%). All of their work will be displayed in an exhibition at the end of the course.

Progression

This subject can currently be studied at A/S and A2 Level at Ely Sixth Form Centre.