Taking Art at the High School provides a journey of self-discovery through creative work, potentially changing your way of looking at the world and certainly affecting you long after you have gained your grades. Our course is designed to enable all students to produce practical and contextual artistic responses using a wide variety of media and techniques including drawing, installation, mixed-media and photography. Whatever their interests and strengths, students will be encouraged and supported in creating successful and individual outcomes. Year 12 begins with a foundation course set internally by the Art Department and designed to introduce students to a variety of materials, techniques and skills. Students produce a series of short tasks, linked by an overarching theme. The development of their foundation portfolio is further supported by regular life drawing sessions and visits to galleries. The foundation is set and marked internally. In the second half of Year 12, students will embark on their Personal Investigation. They will be encouraged to develop the areas in which they show most promise and interest. The theme and focus of their investigation must be identified independently by A-Level students in close liaise with teaching staff. It should show clear, sustained and in-depth development from initial intentions to final outcomes.
Joining the Sixth Form is by interview and on the basis of academic achievement at GCSE. Applicants are invited to interview following a report from their current school indicating their predicted GCSE grades. The likely offer made, following a successful interview, will be conditional on a minimum of 5 A / 7 grades, with A / 7 grades in the subjects to be taken in the Sixth Form.
Personal Investigations will be internally assessed to the exam board’s assessment criteria at the end of Year 12 and returned for further improvement and refinement in the first term of Year 13. The themes for the Externally Set Assessments are released in February of Year 13 and these will inform the work to be completed during the second half of that year, in preparation for final examination in 15 hours of supervised time during April/May. Each component is marked against the four equally weighted assessment objectives that students will be familiar with from GCSE: ‘Develop’, ‘Experiment’, ‘Record’ and ‘Present’. All work is submitted for final marking in May with external moderation taking place in June. Following this, we open up the department for an end of year Art Show open to pupils, friends, family and staff.
About Education Provider
| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | Nottingham |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £18,825 |
| Address | Waverley Mount, Nottingham, NG7 4ED |
Taking Art at the High School provides a journey of self-discovery through creative work, potentially changing your way of looking at the world and certainly affecting you long after you have gained your grades. Our course is designed to enable all students to produce practical and contextual artistic responses using a wide variety of media and techniques including drawing, installation, mixed-media and photography. Whatever their interests and strengths, students will be encouraged and supported in creating successful and individual outcomes. Year 12 begins with a foundation course set internally by the Art Department and designed to introduce students to a variety of materials, techniques and skills. Students produce a series of short tasks, linked by an overarching theme. The development of their foundation portfolio is further supported by regular life drawing sessions and visits to galleries. The foundation is set and marked internally. In the second half of Year 12, students will embark on their Personal Investigation. They will be encouraged to develop the areas in which they show most promise and interest. The theme and focus of their investigation must be identified independently by A-Level students in close liaise with teaching staff. It should show clear, sustained and in-depth development from initial intentions to final outcomes.
Joining the Sixth Form is by interview and on the basis of academic achievement at GCSE. Applicants are invited to interview following a report from their current school indicating their predicted GCSE grades. The likely offer made, following a successful interview, will be conditional on a minimum of 5 A / 7 grades, with A / 7 grades in the subjects to be taken in the Sixth Form.
Personal Investigations will be internally assessed to the exam board’s assessment criteria at the end of Year 12 and returned for further improvement and refinement in the first term of Year 13. The themes for the Externally Set Assessments are released in February of Year 13 and these will inform the work to be completed during the second half of that year, in preparation for final examination in 15 hours of supervised time during April/May. Each component is marked against the four equally weighted assessment objectives that students will be familiar with from GCSE: ‘Develop’, ‘Experiment’, ‘Record’ and ‘Present’. All work is submitted for final marking in May with external moderation taking place in June. Following this, we open up the department for an end of year Art Show open to pupils, friends, family and staff.