There are four A levels available within Art and Photography. These are Fine Art, Textiles, Photography and Graphics. Are you creative and imaginative? Do you enjoy exploring ideas and looking at things in different ways? If so, you should consider a course in Art & Design or Photography or both. Each of these creative subjects are about looking, learning, thinking and communicating. You will enjoy developing your understanding of the visual world, learning practical skills and responding to artist ideas and issues in ways that are personal to you. All of these A levels are two year linear courses. You will start your Personal Investigation at the start of Year 12. The first year includes a number of workshops so you can identify areas of interest, build on skills previously learnt, experiment with different media, ideas and methods which will develop through in the final term into the second year of your personal study. In Art, students follow their chosen theme through a series of taught workshops, introducing five main subject groups: Drawing and Painting using a variety of materials, Photography and digital imagery, Printmaking, Printed and constructed textiles, Relief and 3D design.
It follows from this that in our professional judgement there is a minimum standard which students need to achieve before we can allow them to enter the Sixth Form. Students wishing to enter Wellingborough Sixth Form in September 2023 should have achieved at least four Grade 6s and two Grade 5s at GCSE, although individuals falling below this will be considered if their personal circumstances and/or specific distribution of grades suggest that A level study would be appropriate. In reality, we have found that falling below a top grade in a subject which will be followed at A level is unlikely to lead to anything above a C Grade at the end of two years. No student will be accepted onto an A Level Mathematics course with anything below Grade 7. For fresh-start subjects, GCSE performance in English and/or Mathematics may be used by the School to assess suitability. In addition, any student who does not gain at least Grade 4 in English Language or a Grade 4 in Mathematics will be expected to retake these subject exams. This tariff is applied in the students’ own long-term interests. Should your son/daughter fall short of these requirements, Mr Holman – Headmaster, Mrs Baxby – Head of Sixth Form and Mrs Gamble – Deputy Head, Academic, will be available on Results Day when any relevant discussions can take place.
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| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | London Road, Wellingborough, NN8 2BX |
There are four A levels available within Art and Photography. These are Fine Art, Textiles, Photography and Graphics. Are you creative and imaginative? Do you enjoy exploring ideas and looking at things in different ways? If so, you should consider a course in Art & Design or Photography or both. Each of these creative subjects are about looking, learning, thinking and communicating. You will enjoy developing your understanding of the visual world, learning practical skills and responding to artist ideas and issues in ways that are personal to you. All of these A levels are two year linear courses. You will start your Personal Investigation at the start of Year 12. The first year includes a number of workshops so you can identify areas of interest, build on skills previously learnt, experiment with different media, ideas and methods which will develop through in the final term into the second year of your personal study. In Art, students follow their chosen theme through a series of taught workshops, introducing five main subject groups: Drawing and Painting using a variety of materials, Photography and digital imagery, Printmaking, Printed and constructed textiles, Relief and 3D design.
It follows from this that in our professional judgement there is a minimum standard which students need to achieve before we can allow them to enter the Sixth Form. Students wishing to enter Wellingborough Sixth Form in September 2023 should have achieved at least four Grade 6s and two Grade 5s at GCSE, although individuals falling below this will be considered if their personal circumstances and/or specific distribution of grades suggest that A level study would be appropriate. In reality, we have found that falling below a top grade in a subject which will be followed at A level is unlikely to lead to anything above a C Grade at the end of two years. No student will be accepted onto an A Level Mathematics course with anything below Grade 7. For fresh-start subjects, GCSE performance in English and/or Mathematics may be used by the School to assess suitability. In addition, any student who does not gain at least Grade 4 in English Language or a Grade 4 in Mathematics will be expected to retake these subject exams. This tariff is applied in the students’ own long-term interests. Should your son/daughter fall short of these requirements, Mr Holman – Headmaster, Mrs Baxby – Head of Sixth Form and Mrs Gamble – Deputy Head, Academic, will be available on Results Day when any relevant discussions can take place.
60% Coursework 40% Exam Project