Students will be expected to have met St Paul’s entry requirements of 2 Grade 5’s and 4 Grade 4’s. Students preferrable would have studied a creative path at GCSE level e.g. Art, Photography, Fashion & Accessories or Product Design. Individual conversations will need to be had with non-creatives wishing to take this course.

‘Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity.’ Department for Education, England

Course Content

The course is designed to be fun, exciting and thought provoking. Art, craft and design education offers benefits to learnings, including encouraging diverse ways of knowing, interpreting, evaluating, and feeling; supporting the development of a sense of individual and collective identity; increased social awareness and engagement and enhanced opportunities for vocational learning and subject-related careers.

Students will explore through many disciplines in Art, Craft and Design such as Drawing, Painting, Photography, Visual communication, fashion & Textiles, 3D Making and print making as an introduction to the subject, during year 12. Students will then have the choice to build on their individual strengths and select their chosen area of study. The course is made up of two units:

Component 1: Personal Investigation 60%

Thematic Enquiry (Journey & Environments) Students will develop a practical portfolio showing their creative journey through the exploration of creative processes and techniques.

Students will complete a personal research essay (1,000-3000 words) on their chosen investigation of Artists/photographers/designers/crafts people alongside other contextual references.

Component 2: Externally Set Theme and 15 Hour Practical Exam

 

 

Assessment Board: AQA

Exam theme will be provided by AQA exam board.

Architect, Set Designer, Graphic Design, Illustrator, Photographer, Animateur, Fine Artist. Advertising, fashion, publishing, freelance artist. art direction, set design, or video game design. Prop Maker, Community Arts Work, Commercial Art gallery Manager, Art therapist and many more.

For further information, please contact:

Miss Coggins (ecoggins@st-pauls.leicester.sch.uk) or

Mrs Bosworth (cbosworth@st-pauls.leicester.sch.uk)