GCSE (for first teaching in 2009) Art and Design Suite - J160-J167

What are the changes?

What changes, and what stays the same for Art and Design Suite?

 

What changes?

What stays the same?

Structure
  • All Art and Design GCSEs will be unitised or modular
  • Art and Design GCSEs are available as full course only
  • All Art and Design GCSEs are two-unit qualifications
  • The Applied GCSE will no longer be available as a double award; it will be available as a single award two-unit GCSE
  • We have added a new endorsed GCSE called Critical and Contextual Studies.
  • An unendorsed GCSE in Art and Design will still be available.
  • Endorsed GCSEs will still be available for Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Photography – Lens and Light-based Media, Textile Design, and Three-Dimensional Design.

Content
  • Endorsement descriptors have been updated to reflect the new requirements, along with current processes, techniques and materials.
  • Learners will be required to produce personal responses to given starting points, and stimuli, or fit-for-purpose responses to applied client briefs.

Assessment
  • The January series will no longer be available for the Applied GCSE.
  • There will be new assessment objectives and marking criteria.
  • Controlled assessment will replace coursework:
    • Learners have 45 hours to produce a portfolio of work in response to centre-devised assessment material. The work they produce must follow controlled assessment requirements.
    • Learners will have unlimited preparation time for the OCR-set Task unit.
    • There will be an updated paper for the OCR-set Task unit, with both text-based and visual starting points.
  • There will be one entry opportunity per year, as part of the June series.
  • Learners' work is assessed and standardised internally, before external moderation by OCR
  • Learners have ten hours of supervised controlled time to produce their final piece(s) for the OCR-set Task unit.
  • The moderation process will be the same, and we'll give feedback on the outcome of external moderation.
  • 'Three bites of the cherry' moderation process. You'll be able to have second or third-opinion moderation visits, within the moderation window.