A Level Art & Design provides opportunities for learners to develop their personal practice, enrich their understanding of key concepts and improve their practical skills in a wide range of traditional and contemporary techniques. It allows learners to explore and build on their interests.

The syllabus encourages independent expression and the development of a critical, reflective practice. It is designed to accommodate a wide range of abilities, materials and resources, and allows the different skills of teachers to be fully exploited.

Our approach in A Level Art & Design encourages learners to be:

confident, experimenting with media and materials in two- and three-dimensional processes, taking risks and improving technical skills to develop a personal artistic style

responsible, taking charge of their own development as practitioners, with an independent approach to the creative process

reflective, recording ideas and critically evaluating their work as they continually review, refine and adapt innovative, combining approaches and techniques and developing the skills to solve problems creatively engaged, enriching their work by exploring different artists, movements and concepts