Acting Head of Faculty
Mrs. C. Strafford
Primary Subject Lead
To be confirmed
Teachers of Art
Ms. C. Wilson (Years 7 and 8)
Mrs. C. Strafford (Years 8 to 11)
Please contact the Head of Faculty or Primary Subject Lead if you would like to find
out more about our curriculum.
Art and Design education develops basic skills, encourages visual awareness and is fundamental to intellectual growth and creative self-expression.
We, at Chetwynde School, foster our students’ perception of both their real and imagined worlds through a balanced and sequential programme.
Autumn: All About Me – Drawing & Painting
Spring: Landscapes and Cityscapes – Printmaking & Collage
Summer: Insects – Digital & Textiles
Autumn: African Art – 3D & Printmaking
Spring: Cubism and Distortion – Collage & Drawing
Summer: Objects and Viewpoints – Drawing & Painting
Autumn: Architecture – Drawing into 3D & Printmaking
Spring: Close-Ups – Photography & Drawing
Summer: Oceans – Drawing & Sculpture
Awarding Body – AQA
Specification Code – 8201
Tiers – all candidates sit the same level of qualification
Pupils must demonstrate the ability to:
- develop their ideas through investigations informed by selecting and critically analysing sources
- apply an understanding of relevant practices in the creative and cultural industries to their work
- refine their ideas as work progresses through experimenting with media, materials, techniques and processes
- record their ideas, observations, insights and independent judgements, visually and through written annotation, using appropriate specialist vocabulary, as work progresses
- use visual language critically as appropriate to their own creative intentions and chosen area(s) of study through effective and safe use of:
- media
- materials
- techniques
- processes
- technologies
- use drawing skills for different needs and purposes, appropriate to context
- realise personal intentions through sustained application of the creative process.
Assessment is through two non-examination assessments (NEAs):
A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives.
It must include a sustained project evidencing the journey from initial engagement to the realisation of intentions and a selection of further work undertaken during the student’s course of study.
This assessment is set and marked by the school and moderated by AQA during a visit – moderation will normally take place in June – and makes up 60% of the overall grade awarded.
An externally-set assignment, where pupils respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives.
This assessment is set by AQA, pupils are given a preparatory period followed by ten hours of supervised time; it is then marked by the school and moderated by AQA during a visit – moderation will normally take place in June – and makes up 40% of the overall grade awarded.
