Students follow the Edexcel course for Art and Design Photography and gain experience in the principles of digital photography and digital processing. The students will explore using a range of source materials, software and hardware in the development of ideas. There will be detailed tuition on using Photoshop and developing DLSR camera skills. We have a variety of equipment that will support students to improve their confidence in taking successful photographs. Students will have the opportunity to go on trips, both home and abroad. The Louvre, Tate Modern and YSP are galleries we visit regularly.
To join the Sixth Form we usually require five GCSE passes at Level 4 or above, including Mathematics and English Language.
A Level Component 1: Personal Investigation This component incorporates four main elements; supporting studies, practical work, an annotated sketchbook and a personal study (essay) in Upper Sixth. The purpose of this work is to create and develop a portfolio of practical work and annotation that shows critical understanding within the sketchbook, and development of skills and ideas. This is worth 60% of the total marks of the course. A Level Component 2: Examination Assignment This is made up of two main elements; preparatory studies and the fifteen-hour controlled exam. A theme is set by the exam board, from which the students create their preparatory studies and sketchbooks. This helps provide a focus for the development of ideas and outcomes and can be recorded in research, written annotation and practical exploration and development. Students need to develop their work from this theme to produce an outcome during the controlled exam. This is worth 40% of the total marks of the course.
About Education Provider
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Local Authority | Wakefield |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Silcoates Lane, Wrenthorpe, West Yorkshire, WF2 0PD |
Students follow the Edexcel course for Art and Design Photography and gain experience in the principles of digital photography and digital processing. The students will explore using a range of source materials, software and hardware in the development of ideas. There will be detailed tuition on using Photoshop and developing DLSR camera skills. We have a variety of equipment that will support students to improve their confidence in taking successful photographs. Students will have the opportunity to go on trips, both home and abroad. The Louvre, Tate Modern and YSP are galleries we visit regularly.
To join the Sixth Form we usually require five GCSE passes at Level 4 or above, including Mathematics and English Language.
A Level Component 1: Personal Investigation This component incorporates four main elements; supporting studies, practical work, an annotated sketchbook and a personal study (essay) in Upper Sixth. The purpose of this work is to create and develop a portfolio of practical work and annotation that shows critical understanding within the sketchbook, and development of skills and ideas. This is worth 60% of the total marks of the course. A Level Component 2: Examination Assignment This is made up of two main elements; preparatory studies and the fifteen-hour controlled exam. A theme is set by the exam board, from which the students create their preparatory studies and sketchbooks. This helps provide a focus for the development of ideas and outcomes and can be recorded in research, written annotation and practical exploration and development. Students need to develop their work from this theme to produce an outcome during the controlled exam. This is worth 40% of the total marks of the course.