As an Art student at Wolverhampton Grammar School, you will have the opportunity to study in our purpose-built facilities which include the professional Viner Art Gallery. You will benefit from an extensive range of studio workrooms and classrooms, Apple Macs and other creative resources including DSLR cameras. The Art and Design Department aims to encourage your understanding of the power of the image and to foster skills and creativity in a variety of media. You will learn traditional techniques such as oil painting and print-making, as well as chemical photography and new technologies including digital photography and film-making, all based on a strong foundation of drawing At Wolverhampton Grammar School we prepare you for careers in an ever-changing world and training in the arts promotes creative and critical thinking, collaboration, communication, social confidence and cultural sensitivity. Graduates of arts disciplines are highly employable but art is about more than that – it is about identity, empathy, personal expression and freedom of thought; all these things we cherish in the Art Department.
An average GCSE score of 5.5 across a minimum of 7 subjects is required for entry to our Sixth Form along with a satisfactory school report. Further details can be found below in the key information section. Students must fulfil the entry requirements of Wolverhampton Grammar Sixth Form and expect to achieve a minimum Grade 6 in an art discipline at GCSE/IGCSE (for example, Textiles or Photography). Ideally, students will have studied Art and Design or Fine Art at GCSE/ IGCSE, although this is not essential
Component 01: Personal investigation (120 marks, 60% of A Level) Learners should produce two elements: (i) a portfolio of practical work showing their response to either a starting point, brief, scenario or stimulus. (ii) a related study: an extended response of 3,000 words. Component 02: Externally set task (80 marks, 40% of A Level) 15 hours The early release paper will be issued in February during the Upper Sixth year, providing learners with several themes, each with a range of written and visual starting points, briefs and stimuli.
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Wolverhampton |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £16,770 |
| Address | Compton Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9RB |
As an Art student at Wolverhampton Grammar School, you will have the opportunity to study in our purpose-built facilities which include the professional Viner Art Gallery. You will benefit from an extensive range of studio workrooms and classrooms, Apple Macs and other creative resources including DSLR cameras. The Art and Design Department aims to encourage your understanding of the power of the image and to foster skills and creativity in a variety of media. You will learn traditional techniques such as oil painting and print-making, as well as chemical photography and new technologies including digital photography and film-making, all based on a strong foundation of drawing At Wolverhampton Grammar School we prepare you for careers in an ever-changing world and training in the arts promotes creative and critical thinking, collaboration, communication, social confidence and cultural sensitivity. Graduates of arts disciplines are highly employable but art is about more than that – it is about identity, empathy, personal expression and freedom of thought; all these things we cherish in the Art Department.
An average GCSE score of 5.5 across a minimum of 7 subjects is required for entry to our Sixth Form along with a satisfactory school report. Further details can be found below in the key information section. Students must fulfil the entry requirements of Wolverhampton Grammar Sixth Form and expect to achieve a minimum Grade 6 in an art discipline at GCSE/IGCSE (for example, Textiles or Photography). Ideally, students will have studied Art and Design or Fine Art at GCSE/ IGCSE, although this is not essential
Component 01: Personal investigation (120 marks, 60% of A Level) Learners should produce two elements: (i) a portfolio of practical work showing their response to either a starting point, brief, scenario or stimulus. (ii) a related study: an extended response of 3,000 words. Component 02: Externally set task (80 marks, 40% of A Level) 15 hours The early release paper will be issued in February during the Upper Sixth year, providing learners with several themes, each with a range of written and visual starting points, briefs and stimuli.
