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St Margaret Ward
Catholic Academy
St Margaret Ward
Catholic Academy
What is the level of course I will take?
A Level Art with AQA. Fine Art endorsement.
What level of GCSEs do I need to take this course?
Minimum of 5 GCSEs Grade 5, including a Grade 6 minimum in GCSE Art.
How will I be assessed?
Assessment takes place continuously throughout the course, including written and verbal feedback. The A Level course is 60% coursework and 40% examination. This means that continuous hard work will pay off. The ‘exam’ which is in fact an externally set task, is worked on over a period of around 4 months until completion in the examination. Staff will work very closely with students and give constant support.
At the beginning of the course all students follow the same course, divided into two areas, producing two separate bodies of work which will form the foundation of their coursework. This will include printmaking, mixed media experimentation, and the production of a visual art journal. Around Easter of year twelve students will negotiate their own brief for their portfolio and begin to develop work for this, and will then continue to work on their portfolios until January of the second year.
We will teach you new skills and ways of working in the first term of the course, and then when you select your own focus to develop for your portfolio you will be able to work to your own personal strengths and preferences as an artist whilst fulfilling the demands of the exam board. We believe in allowing each student to develop as an individual artist, working in their own
way.
Art will give you many skills for future study. You will learn to be inventive, resourceful, independent and creative. You will problem solve, set your own briefs, and work with a wide variety of different media. You will develop confidence, resilience and a set of practical skills.
