Art and Design (Fine Art)
Arrow Vale High School - Worcestershire
01527526800
Matchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF
Course summary

The A Level in Art and Design provides students with the opportunity to develop personal responses to ideas, observations, experiences, environments and cultures in practical, critical and contextual forms. The flexibility of the course allows students to work from their strengths in order to produce an extended collection of work based on an idea, concept, theme or issue which demonstrates the students’ ability to sustain work from an initial starting point. Students will produce practical and critical/contextual work in one or more area including painting, drawing, mixed-media, sculpture, land art, installation, printmaking, film, animation, television, video and photography: lens-based and/or light-based media.

Entry requirements

Students must have undertaken GCSE Art and Design and achieved a level 4 or above.

How you'll be assessed

2 years A Level: Year 12 work is mainly skills development in preparation for year 13. • Personal Investigation, supported by a 1000-3000-word essay – 60% • Externally set assignment project, with 15-hour exam – 40%

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionWest Midlands
Local AuthorityWorcestershire
Ofsted RatingOutstanding
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressMatchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF