Art

The document linked below outlines how we have sequenced knowledge and skills in each academic year:

Enrichment

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Click here to access the KS3 and KS4 Art Super Curriculum.

Click here to access the KS5 Art Super Curriculum.

Careers

Covering a vast range of skills and talents, art is a diverse subject that can help you turn your creative passion into a money-making career. The UK’s creative sector is internationally famous and there are lots of opportunities to prove your worth.

Employers include: advertising firms, branding specialists, design consultancies and studios, media and communication companies, packaging companies, PR agencies, publishing companies, museums, local authorities, schools, colleges and hospitals. Some graduates set up their own studios and work as exhibiting artists or work as part of a studio collective.

Career Ideas: advertising, architecture, animation, fine arts, graphic designer, illustration, fashion & textile design, stage & set design, exhibition design, games design, web design, UX designer, VFX artist, art therapy, conservator, museum/gallery curator, production design, interior & spatial design, printmaker, medical illustrator, multimedia specialist, photography, arts administrator, digital marketer, creative director and much more.

Click here to find out more about careers in Art.

Key Stage 3

Over a fortnightly timetable, KS3 students receive:

  • 2 hours of guided learning.
  • 1 hour of homework.

Key Stage 4

Qualification: GCSE Fine Art
Exam board: AQA

Over a fortnightly timetable, GCSE students receive:

  • 4 hours of guided learning.
  • 2 hours of homework.

Click here to find out more about this GCSE course.

Key Stage 5

Qualification: A Level Fine Art
Exam board: AQA

Over a fortnightly timetable, A Level students receive:

  • 10 hours of guided learning.
  • 10 hours of homework.

Click here to read more about this course.