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Visual Arts IB

at Impington Village College, Cambridge · college

Level 3A levelsInternational Baccalaureate2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Art involves the making of objects that, through representing and expressing your ideas, helps you to make sense of your experience. The language of art complements the literary, mathematical, scientific and factually based subjects as it is especially concerned with the complex mental processes involved in visual perception and aesthetic awareness. For some experiences there are literally no words. When you use visual imagery you are not creating pictures of ideas which could be better expressed in words. You are formulating ideas using an essentially visual language. In the words of the artist Paul Klee, 'Having learned the language, the student should then use it to communicate his/her own vision.' You will be expected to research your visual ideas independently and this will reveal your strengths in investigation, persistence, imagination, creative thinking and expression. This research will complement your studio work where you will acquire skills to enable you to produce work of quality. Students have experimented with a variety of media including screen printing, block relief printing, photography, painting with acrylics and oils and exploring 3D using clay, plaster and mixed media, metal and card. You will be encouraged to talk about your work at every stage of the course.

What you need to get on

It is not necessary to have taken GCSE Art, but upon application, the Art department will ask for submission of a portfolio that it willassess before an offer is made. For the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB), a student should be a general all-round student,with an overallB-grade profile or higher at GCSE or level 2 equivalentand have a B grade or more in the subject s/he wishes to take at IB diploma higher level or as IB single-subject certificate.

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

  • Impington Village College/International Sixth Form

    NEW ROAD IMPINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 9LX

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · CAMBRIDGE

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