Art & Design offers every person a great opportunity to explore their own and other artists’ ideas, images and creativity. It is a lively and engaging area of study that has great relevance to contemporary life and it is a subject that has also made an immense contribution throughout history to the whole of our culture. Art and Design makes a fundamental contribution to how we think, express ourselves and understand being human. It is an intellectually and emotionally stimulating subject and each person who studies Art and Design at A level directs their project towards an issue or area of interest about which they feel passionate. Practical work is closely linked to conceptual ideas and pupils develop both their visual and intellectual skills over the two years. Art and Design is highly rewarding as it offers people a great amount of freedom to express their views and their feelings. Studying Art and Design is challenging, stimulating and inspiring, and at Chigwell, traditional artistic approaches are fully integrated with the latest IT and digital technologies. Art and Design is highly flexible with many specialisms and possible future areas of employment. It is worth noting that the creative industries make an important contribution to the UK Economy and currently account for 2.9 million jobs in the UK.