Art and Design: Fine Art A Level

We ask for a minimum GCSE score of 5 grades at grade 4 or above in five different subjects including English Language and Mathematics. We accept equivalent Level 2 qualifications such as BTEC and OCR Nationals but will only count them as 1 grade.

In addition most subjects require at least a grade 5 at GCSE in order to take them at Level 3. Maths and Science subjects require a grade 6.

Is this course for me?

Are you creative and imaginative? Do you enjoy exploring ideas and looking at things in different ways? If so you should consider taking Fine Art in the Sixth Form here at King Edward VII Academy. You will enjoy developing your understanding of the visual world, learning practical skills and responding to ideas and issues in ways that are personal to you.

Fine Art is about looking, learning, thinking and communicating ideas in reference to contextual studies. It offers you the chance to use your creativity and express yourself in a personal way.

What will I learn?

You will develop your understanding of the creative processes, your ability to think, to solve problems and to communicate visually. It will enable you to work independently and to make your own discoveries by exploring ideas, other artists’ work and different materials and techniques.

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The course is a structured programme of practical and theoretical work which progresses towards individual development with a creative emphasis on exploration, observation and experimentation.

https://www.kesacademy.org.uk/31/subject-information/subject/5/art

A Level: Personal Investigation with a 3000-word essay (60%) and Externally Set Assignment (40%).

The exam board we work with is EDEXCEL.

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/art-and-design-2015.html

We anticipate that most students will have Grade 6 in GCSE Art and Design