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Art and Design (Fine Art)

at Chelsea Academy, London · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

Experiment with different materials and techniques that are both conventional and unconventional. Students are required to participate actively in their course of study, recognising and developing their own strengths in the subject and identifying and sustaining their own lines of enquiry. Courses based on these specifications must require students to develop practical and theoretical 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. Courses based on these specifications must require students to develop the skills to: record experiences and observations, in a variety of ways using drawing or other appropriate visual forms; undertake research; and gather, select and organise visual and other appropriate information explore relevant resources; analyse, discuss and evaluate images, objects and artefacts; and make and record independent judgements use knowledge and understanding of the work of others to develop and extend thinking and inform own work generate and explore potential lines of enquiry using appropriate media and techniques apply knowledge and understanding in making images and artefacts; review and modify work;

What you need to get on

6 in GCSE Art

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • CHELSEA ACADEMY

    LOTS ROAD CHELSEA, LONDON, SW10 0AB

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 4 September 2026 · LONDON

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