Art, Craft and Design - A Level

Students should submit applications by 19 December 2025.

Applications will remain open throughout the year and late applications will be considered; however, students should be aware that they may not receive their preferred choices if a late application is received.

Once applications have been received, all applicants will be invited for an interview to discuss their application and ensure that their subject choices are suitable.

We look forward to welcoming you into our sixth form and to you playing an active part in the life of our Academy.

The WJEC Eduqas A level in Art and Design has been designed to provide engaging and innovative creative learning experiences, where art, craft and design practice is meaningfully integrated with theoretical knowledge and understanding.

This specification provides learners with opportunities to develop a broad foundation of critical, practical and theoretical skills that offers learners a holistic understanding of a range of practices and contexts in the visual arts, crafts and design fields, culminating in greater specialism and achievement. The specification encourages creativity, sustained investigation and analysis, experimentation, and design and making as a means of developing technical and expressive skills. It gives learners the opportunity to follow a programme of study which extends experience and personal response as well as developing imagination and critical and reflective thinking. The ability to innovate, adapt and work independently, which underlies all aspects of the specification, is valued by higher education and employers alike.

Students will learn to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• relevant materials, processes, technologies and resources
• how ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and artefacts
• how images and artefacts relate to the time and place in which they were made and to their social and cultural contexts
• continuity and change in different genres, styles and traditions
• a working vocabulary and specialist terminology

The course consists of two components:

Component 1: Personal Investigation, 60% of qualification, internally assessed, externally moderated.

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment, 40% of qualification, internally assessed, externally moderated.

5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and maths and, for this specific subject;

A grade 5 in GCSE Art or an equivalent vocational qualification.

If you have not studied Art at GCSE, then you will need to demonstrate your suitability for the course by showing a portfolio of your creative work at interview.

The ability to innovate, adapt and work independently is valued by higher education and employers alike. Studying Art at A Level is the stepping stone towards a diverse range of creative careers including:

Graphic Design, Art Therapy. Art Education and Fashion Design, web developer, game designer, photographer and book cover artist to name a few.