Art and Design
Winstanley College - Wigan
01695633244
Winstanley Road, Billinge, Wigan, WN5 7XF
Course summary

You will be introduced to a wide range of exciting drawing techniques designed to give you confidence and build up your skills. You will also be able to opt into a series of workshops in drawing, printmaking, 3D techniques, colour, painting, and digital media that will help to extend your skills, enrich your creativity and discover where your strengths and interests lie. What will I study? The course provides a stimulating and creative environment, allowing you to develop and understand a broad range of art activities. You will be taught in a high-spec designated studio with access to everything from VR technology to the newly refurbished 3D workshop. You will work towards an exhibition of work at the end of your second year which always highlights the talent, individual personalities, and wide-ranging interests of our young creatives. Where could it take me? A popular route to university or the workplace for our A-level students is via our thriving Art Foundation course. Many prestigious art institutions require students to have completed Art Foundation. We welcome students whose aspirations may lie in industries as diverse as fine art, architecture, illustration, animation, games design, fashion, product design or sculpture.

Entry requirements

44 points or more from their best 8 GCSE results. One level 2 vocational qualification of equivalent value to a GCSE may be counted towards the best eight.

How you'll be assessed

Component 1 – Personal investigation (60%). Component 2 – Externally set assignment (40%). Internally marked and externally moderated.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionNorth West
Local AuthorityWigan
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressWinstanley Road, Billinge, Wigan, WN5 7XF