The GCSE Art course aims to develop:
- creative and imaginative ability and the practical skills for engaging with and for communicating
and expressing original ideas, feelings and meanings in art, craft and design
- investigative, analytical, experimental and interpretative capabilities, aesthetic understanding
and critical and enquiring minds, with increasing independence
- cultural knowledge and understanding of art, craft and design and of the media and
technologies used in different times, contexts and societies
- personal attributes including self-confidence, resilience, perseverance, self-discipline and
commitment.
Specification at a glance: