The A Level is a linear two year qualification, so that all student work will be submitted and assessed at the end of the course.

A Level incorporates and builds on the aims of GCSE Art and Design but requires something more than a general ability in the subject. It will demand an increased maturity and competence of candidates in practical and theoretical activities and in those relating to critical, historical and contextual aspects of the subject.

The course is intended to meet the needs of the following types of candidates:


• those who will undertake further studies in Art and Design;

• those who will study subjects or take up careers for which a background in Art and Design is relevant;

• those who, while having an interest in and aptitude for the subject are not intending to undertake further studies in Art and Design.