GCSE FINE ART
🎓 The Course
This dynamic and broad-based art course offers students the opportunity to develop a diverse range of creative skills, knowledge, and understanding. Through hands-on projects and practical application, students will explore the varied disciplines within art, craft, and design, expanding their artistic abilities while also cultivating a deeper understanding of the wider art world.
The course is designed to allow flexibility in artistic exploration, with options available in different areas such as:
- Drawing and Painting
- Installation Art
- Mixed Media
- Digital Media
Students will have the chance to discover and refine their personal interests and artistic style, whether they are drawn to traditional forms or more contemporary, experimental methods. This course encourages creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving, enabling students to express themselves confidently and thoughtfully across a variety of media.
Exam board: OCR
📝 Assessments
Unit 1 - Coursework
Complete a portfolio of work which will be worth 60% of the overall GCSE grade. The portfolio will need to contain work from more than 2 Art areas listed above. This work will be teacher assessed with selected work marked by an external moderator.
Unit 2 - Controlled Assessment
Students will have to sit an externally set controlled assessment in Year 11 which is worth 40% of the GCSE grade. Students will receive a question paper in January from which they select a chosen starting point, develop ideas over 20 hours and then undertake 10 hours of focused study under exam conditions.
All work is teacher assessed with selected work marked by an external moderator.
Subject Contact:
Mrs K. Miles