KS3 Art and Design

Mr J Goddard - Curriculum Team Leader Art (Mon, Tue)

Mrs C Doyle - Curriculum Team Leader Art (Wed, Thu, Fri)

How is the course assessed?

Year 7

Baseline Test – traditional pencil drawing of a shoe

Pop Art – Pop Art inspired shoe with a focus on composition

Formal Elements – Colour theory abstract drawing, mark making and watercolour painting

African Masks – Mask design

Year 8

Portraiture – traditional pencil portrait with a focus on proportions and tone

Surrealism – surreal object

Print Making/Earth Day – mono prints

Year 9

Gargoyles – clay gargoyle

Day of the Dead – Sylvia Ji and David Lozeau inspired mixed media skull

Street Art Portraits – street art inspired celebrity portrait

Pupils show excellent attitudes to learning./ There is a thirst for knowledge and an excitement about lessons.

OFSTED
Behaviour around the building is orderly and sensible. Within classrooms, behaviour is excellent.

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The school’s mission is to ‘enable young people to achieve success’. It does this outstandingly well.

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The headteacher is exceptional. Her leadership has transformed the school. Not only do pupils make phenomenal progress and reach high standards...

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Leaders know their school well. They work relentlessly to make their school even better. They are highly effective in improving standards of provision.

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Teachers have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. There is a strong focus on the development of subject knowledge.

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The curriculum is responsive to pupils’ interests and needs. They way in which it is organised helps to motivate pupils. The structure of the curriculum helps pupils to reach high standards.

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Parents, staff and pupils are overwhelmingly happy with the quality of education at school and rightly so. Inspectors judge that this is an outstanding place to learn.

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