A-level Art and Design

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At the start of February students will be given question papers according to the skills and techniques they have chosen. The paper will have 5 questions, from which they choose one as a starting point for their work. Towards the end of the course students will have 10 hours of supervised time to produce a finished outcome or a series of related outcomes.

Students choose one of the same 6 skills and techniques (it may be the same as the one they did for AS) and work on that throughout their course. They develop work based on an idea, issue, concept or a series of related outcomes, supported by written work (1,000 – 3,000 words).

At the beginning of February students receive a question paper with a choice of 8 questions from which they choose one as a starting point for their work. Towards the end of the course they will have 15 hours of supervised time in which they produce a finished outcome or a series of related outcomes. Within each component, students must demonstrate evidence that they have explored critical and contextual work through a range of two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional processes and media.