Art and Design (Graphics)

Assessment

You will receive a series of one-to-one assessments on your progress and termly progress tutorials. Your final assessment is as follows: Year one includes an introductory period where we will teach you skills and techniques, and give you lots of opportunities to respond personally to short projects. You will record all work in your sketchbook which allows you to build and learn new skills and techniques in a range of design-related areas. This introductory period will be followed by Component 1: Personal Investigation, where candidates are required to build upon the knowledge, understanding, and skills gained in the year one introductory period. • Component 1: Personal Investigation (worth 60% of A level) The Personal Investigation consists of a major in-depth, practical, critical and theoretical investigative project/theme-based portfolio. Learners will be required to carry out an extended critical and contextual analysis (1000-word minimum requirement). • Component 2: Externally set assignment (worth 40% of A level) Learners will be required to independently develop a personal response to one of a varied range of stimuli. Learners will develop their response during a preparatory study period culminating in a 15-hour sustained focus study.