Assessment overview
There are seven specification titles:
- Art, Craft and Design (J170)
- Fine Art (J171)
- Graphic Communication (J172)
- Photography (J173)
- Textile Design (J174)
- Three-Dimensional Design (J175)
- Critical and Contextual Studies (J176).
| Component | Marks | Duration | Weighting | insert text |
Portfolio (01)
| 120 | - | 60% | Non-exam assessment |
Externally set task (02)
| 80 | 10 hours | 40% | Non-exam assessment |
Students must complete both components (01 and 02) to be awarded the OCR GCSE (9-1) in Art and Design.
Content overview
Component 01: Portfolio
Students produce a portfolio of practical work showing their personal response to a set starting point, brief, scenario or stimulus. The portfolio may be presented in appropriate formats for the specification title they are following and chosen area of study, including sketchbooks, digital presentations, mounted sheets, maquettes, prototypes, animated work, scale models or illustrated written work.
The portfolio must provide evidence that the student has met all four assessment objectives.
Component 02: Externally set task
Students respond to one of five themes, each with a range of written and visual starting points and stimuli. Students research, plan and develop ideas for their response to the option they have chosen, which they must then realise within the ten-hour supervised time period.