Course information
Art and Design (Fine Art)
Highgate School - Haringey
02083401524
North Road, Highgate, N6 4AY
Course summary

If you have an interest in the world of art and design, and if you enjoy making and creating, you will relish the chance to have two more years to study art. If you are interested in working in a design-based or creative industry in the future, the knowledge and skills you develop from studying art will benefit you. Art helps you in any career that involves using your creativity, problem-solving, aesthetic understanding or presenting your ideas. Fine Art is a very open course which allows you to learn about any aspect of the world and feed it into your artwork. For example, you can bring in your interest in languages, psychology, biology, geography, philosophy, architecture or other cultures. You use your investigative, analytical and creative powers to examine, and think about an aspect of our world, and develop your practical work in response. You can work in any of the following areas of fine art – drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation, lens-based and alternative media. • Year 12: Personal Investigation (60%) For this unit, you produce a portfolio of artwork across a range of materials or media. You develop your skills by undertaking a series of workshops in your first term – drawing and printmaking, photography and film, sculpture, and painting. You also attend a series of life drawing classes to develop observational skills. After this, you undertake a more personal project, evidencing your learning and research in work journals, and portfolio sheets. • Year 13: Externally Assessed Assignment (40%) This project requires you to work in a self-directed manner, with the support of two teachers, to produce a collection of work that shows exploration, research, technique and skill. You write a statement of intent at the beginning defining what you want to learn and achieve during this unit. Your project involves the development of a sustained piece of studio practice, culminating in a fully resolved piece, or body of work. Preparatory studies and supporting work must also be submitted, including research, exploration, analysis and evaluation of working practices, ideas and contexts of related artists. Your project culminates in a 15-hour exam. For each unit, you receive marks under four assessment objectives. • Develop – develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. • Experiment – explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. • Record – record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. • Present – present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.

Entry requirements

GCSE grade 8 or above in Art and Design.

How you'll be assessed

• Year 12: Personal Investigation (60%) For this unit, you produce a portfolio of artwork across a range of materials or media. You develop your skills by undertaking a series of workshops in your first term – drawing and printmaking, photography and film, sculpture, and painting. You also attend a series of life drawing classes to develop observational skills. After this, you undertake a more personal project, evidencing your learning and research in work journals, and portfolio sheets. • Year 13: Externally Assessed Assignment (40%) This project requires you to work in a self-directed manner, with the support of two teachers, to produce a collection of work that shows exploration, research, technique and skill. You write a statement of intent at the beginning defining what you want to learn and achieve during this unit. Your project involves the development of a sustained piece of studio practice, culminating in a fully resolved piece, or body of work. Preparatory studies and supporting work must also be submitted, including research, exploration, analysis and evaluation of working practices, ideas and contexts of related artists. Your project culminates in a 15-hour exam. For each unit, you receive marks under four assessment objectives. • Develop – develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. • Experiment – explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. • Record – record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. • Present – present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionLondon
Local AuthorityHaringey
Ofsted Rating
Gender TypeCo-Educational
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Boarding FeeUnknown
Sixth Form Fee£25,515
AddressNorth Road, Highgate, N6 4AY