Art and Design

Assessment

Terms 1 & 2 - Coursework Development. Students will use these terms to investigate varied approaches to Art, investigating a wide range of media and building skills, whilst having the opportunity to participate in group collaborative projects and develop their critical and analytical skills in preparation for the assessed components outlined below: Component 1: Personal investigation (Terms 3, 4 and 5) = 60% of final grade A portfolio of practical work showing their personal response to either a starting point, brief, scenario, or stimulus, devised and provided by the candidate or centre plus a related written study of approximately 3,000 words. Component 2: Externally set task (Terms 5 and 6) = 40% of final grade Students are issued with their exam paper on 1 February 2024 which will provide candidates with a number of themes, each with a range of written and visual starting points, briefs and stimuli. From these, one must be selected on which to base a response.