Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

In the Sixth Form, Art students will be timetabled for four single one-hour periods of Art a week. In Year 12 they follow a two-year AQA GCE A Level Fine Art course. In Year 12 students develop and extend their skills from GCSE and work towards an internal Mock AS Art Exam at the end of Year 12. While in Year 13 they undertake two units: The Portfolio Unit (60% of the final grade) and a 15-hour Timed Exam Unit (40% weighting of the course). The exam board and specification followed at Kingswood is also AQA GCE A Level Fine Art. Throughout Year 12 the art students might find themselves working in the following disciplines; Painting and Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Photography, Mixed-Media, and Textile processes/techniques. It is expected that the art students will use at least three of their 'free' lessons or more to extend their studies to keep up with the expected standard of work at A level.