1. A Level Art @ Paget High School
Qualification: A Level
Examination Board: AQA

2. What do I need to know or be able to do before taking this course?
· The best foundation for success in A level Art is an A*, A, B or C in GCSE Art and an ability to draw from observation with reasonable confidence…

3. What other subject offers you the chance to study what you want?!
At A level you get the chance to complete a Portfolio of Work and a ‘Personal Investigation’. Both components present you with the opportunity to develop work in any area – selected by you.
What other subject offers you the chance to study what you want?!
Your art work doesn’t just highlight your art skills, but how you:
Work to a Project Brief
Present a Personal Response
Take Care / Pride in your Work
Develop your Own Ideas
Practise and Persevere
Reflect and Amend
Solve
Focus, Adapt and Refine
Engage and Work with Others
Independently Research
Pay Attention to Detail
CREATE!
Year 13 Final Piece, Mixed Media

4. Component 1 : Portfolio / Personal Investigation
A Level ART
Component 1 : Portfolio / Personal Investigation
No Time Limit [Sept of Year 12 until February of Year 13]
60% of A Level
Component 2: Externally Set Assignment
Preparatory period [February until May of Year 13] + 15 hours supervised time
40% of A Level
Local Landscape, Burton-on-Trent
Year 13, Final Piece, Acrylic Paint
Year 12, Final Pieces, Mixed Media

5. What Will I Study?
You will follow a course in Fine Art – drawing and painting. This course follows on from AQA GCSE Art & Design (Fine Art).
How will I Learn?
Through instruction, demonstration, experimentation, research, guidance, evaluation, reflection and gallery visits.
How will my work be assessed?
Your work will be continually assessed through a variety of methods: Verbal Feedback, written feedback, peer assessment and self reflection. Each unit is GREAT marked at the end.

6. Wolverhampton
Walsall
Visiting Art Galleries….
London
Liverpool

7. and Exhibitions…

8. Links with Derby and Staffordshire University
Visiting Degree Shows
Experiencing a wider range of Art and Design
Attending Workshops…

9. Where can A Level Art lead?
CREATIVE JOBS AND EXPORTS OUTPACE REST OF UK ECONOMY
The creative economy added new jobs at more than twice the UK economy average and creative exports grew more than four times faster, according to new official statistics.
Source: Creative Industries: Focus on Employment, DCMS.
Published: July 2016.

10. Evidence tells us, A level Art offers greater prospects of employment than other subjects – even if you don’t choose to follow it with an Art Degree…

11. Art & Design, currently at Birmingham University
Ex Paget Students….
Tom Davies
Art & Design, currently at Birmingham University
Amber Middleton
Fine Art…
Jessica Webb
Fine Art
Art Therapy

12. Luke Holden Jenny Gurney
Blend Bapir Automative Design…
Luke Holden
Architecture…
Jenny Gurney
Freelance Art & Craft Designer

13. Katherine Barlow, Daisy Blackshaw, Emily Laban
Tom Voyce
Fine Art
Art Technician, MA,
Art Lecturer
Shammin Begum
Fashion Design…
Matthew Grundy
Game Design…
Katherine Barlow, Daisy Blackshaw, Emily Laban
Teaching!