During your A level course you will extend your knowledge and skill in key graphical areas such as promotional design, packaging and typography. In the first two terms of Year 12 you will cover a core range of graphical techniques including packaging and net design, typography, photography, graphic illustration, Photoshop and CAD. In the final terms of Year 12 you will set your own personal brief in response to an exam style theme, to create a more in-depth body of coursework that continues into Year 13. This will include an extended written assignment of 1000-3000 words supporting your theme and profiling your ideas alongside artists’ and designers’ work
60% of the assessment is based on coursework and 40% is on the final examination. The final exam starts in January of Year 13 and is an externally set theme, with a 15 hour final practical test in May. Coursework consists of preparatory studies in the form of sketchbooks or design sheets, plus supporting design experimental pieces and refined, developed outcomes. The course is taught across 4 assessment objectives (equal In weighting) that measure success against research, development, experimentation and investigation, refinement and making. All units are internally marked and externally moderated.
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Oxfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NP |
During your A level course you will extend your knowledge and skill in key graphical areas such as promotional design, packaging and typography. In the first two terms of Year 12 you will cover a core range of graphical techniques including packaging and net design, typography, photography, graphic illustration, Photoshop and CAD. In the final terms of Year 12 you will set your own personal brief in response to an exam style theme, to create a more in-depth body of coursework that continues into Year 13. This will include an extended written assignment of 1000-3000 words supporting your theme and profiling your ideas alongside artists’ and designers’ work
60% of the assessment is based on coursework and 40% is on the final examination. The final exam starts in January of Year 13 and is an externally set theme, with a 15 hour final practical test in May. Coursework consists of preparatory studies in the form of sketchbooks or design sheets, plus supporting design experimental pieces and refined, developed outcomes. The course is taught across 4 assessment objectives (equal In weighting) that measure success against research, development, experimentation and investigation, refinement and making. All units are internally marked and externally moderated.