Art

Taught at Kenilworth School & Sixth Form

Exam Board: Eduqas (WJEC) 

Assessment Method: 100% Coursework 

Entry Requirements:  The course is suitable for students who have a minimum of a ‘6’ at GCSE in an art-related subject. A Level Fine Art can lead to a Foundation Course or directly into undergraduate study at university 

Why Should I Follow This Course? 

The two-year linear course with Eduqas (WJEC) allows greater flexibility to deliver a course that is more engaging, creative and structured to allow all students to improve both their artistic skills and their conceptual understanding of artwork. 

What will I learn? 

Year 1  

You will attend a series of workshops that cover the bases of visual language. You will be instructed how to use artistic materials from a traditional standpoint before being given the freedom to explore these experimentally and creatively. You will learn how to use a wide range of artistic media, both 3D and 2D, with improved competence and how to deconstruct works of art, in order to understand how other artists approach different topics and themes. By the summer you will have started your main A level project (worth 60%), where you will use and display the skills you have acquired to start a personal portfolio based on a theme of your choice.  

Year 2  

You continue to develop your main portfolio of work to create a final piece. In February you will start a second project, which makes up the final 40% of the A level. The exam project, called the ‘Externally Set Assignment’ has themes set by the exam board, which must be creatively explored in the same way as the previous unit. This culminates in a 15-hour period of controlled assessment. 

At the end of year 13, we celebrate your successes with an external exhibition at Kenilworth Castle, which is open to the public, friends and family, and is co-curated with the students and castle staff. 

Where Will This Qualification Take Me? 

Exhibition designer • fine artist • further education teacher • higher education lecturer • illustrator • museum/gallery curator • printmaker • secondary school teacher • art therapist • arts administrator • commercial art gallery manager • interior and spatial designer • museum/gallery exhibitions officer • multimedia programmer • graphic designer • stylist • makeup/prosthetics artist • auctioneer • window display designer • content designer • architect • engineer