Art and Design

Entry Requirements

Students considering transfer to King’s Sixth Form are required to meet the entry requirements of an average of grade 6 or higher across eight GCSE subjects, with a minimum of a grade 5 in both Mathematics and English Language (university matriculation requirements). Most subjects recommend a grade 7 - 9 in a subject to be studied at A Level, and this is compulsory for Mathematics and Science subjects. In addition, subjects with a large mathematical content, such as Economics, require a minimum of grade 7 in Mathematics. The course is demanding in terms of the standard you are expected to achieve and it is designed for students who have gained GCSE in Art already at grades 6 – 9. Students gaining grades 5 or below are unlikely to be able to cope with the demands of this course. Former students have combined Art with a wide variety of subjects, from traditional Arts subjects such as English, History and Classics to Mathematics and the Sciences and subjects such as Computer Science and D&T. In recent years, many Art students have progressed on to Art and Architecture courses at university and a similar number have also moved on to courses such as Psychology, Law, English Literature & Language, Advertising, Engineering, Geography, Chemistry, German, Music, Accounting, Classics and Business.