Art and Design (Fine Art)
City of Bristol College - Bristol, City of
01173125000
St George's Road, Anchor Road, Bristol, BS1 5UA
Course summary

Art A Level is an ideal stepping stone towards a career in the creative sector. You will learn to express yourself and develop your flair for art and design in a highly creative environment. This course is an option within our Creative A Level.

Entry requirements

A minimum of 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, including both Maths and English. Grade 4 in Art or another creative subject, plus a portfolio. You will provide a copy of your last school report and/or a reference from an employer or relevant professional other this will include attendance. This is to ensure that we can support you to be able to achieve well on the course. Applicants with 85% or below attendance will have been deemed not to have met this criteria. All applicants are given an opportunity to discuss any evidence-based mitigating circumstances that may have affected the reference/school report.

How you'll be assessed

The Art and Design A Level is assessed through a coursework component worth 60% of your mark, and an exam worth 40%. The course begins with a theme, and you will build a body of work in your sketchbook based around a theme for the first eight weeks of the course. Then you will move your project into a more self-guided area of study as well as continuing to build a larger body of work and research. For the second part of the course, the exam board releases an exam paper in February which consists of five or six different project themes. You will choose one of them and build another body of work in a sketchbook with research and development work resulting in a final outcome, which you will make under exam conditions in May.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionSouth West
Local AuthorityBristol, City of
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressSt George's Road, Anchor Road, Bristol, BS1 5UA