Art and Design (Fine Art)

Assessment

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.