Art and Design (GCSE)/ Photography (GCSE) (2024)

FAQs

How can I get full marks in GCSE art? ›

GCSE Art is a very popular subject but is tough and requires a lot of hard work. Although there won't be any written exams, you will have a great deal to do over the two years and it can take up a lot of time.

If you enjoy being creative, want to increase your practical skills and improve your analytical, communication and research abilities, art and design is a great choice.

Doing Art GCSE, was and is a really fun experience. As long as you stay up to date, the work load is manageable and even if you are in the art room at lunch, it's always fun. The best part of the GCSE, is when you finish a piece and are proud of what you've done and that feeling makes the course even more enjoyable.”

Is Photography harder than other subjects? No. However producing each piece of Photography can be a slow and intensive process so it can take up more time than other subjects.

If a paper is allocated 120 uniform marks, the range of marks allocated to grade B is 84 to 95 (70% to 79% of 120); for grade C, 72 to 83 (60% to 69% of 120).

Biography. Prior to university, Fernandez was educated at home, predominantly by his father, Neil Fernandez. In 2001 he broke the age record for gaining a General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), the English academic qualification usually taken at age 16, for which he sat the examinations aged five.

GCSE art, music, drama and design and technology results

The pass rate in art and design was 81.4 per cent this year, compared with 84.8 per cent in 2021 and 75.1 per cent in 2019.

Anyone who teaches (or has done GCSE art) will know it is REALLY difficult to get the top grades and takes a lot of hard work. There are three Grade 9 full project examples on the presentation, including sheets of student's secondary and primary research and artist research.

Is it hard to study GCSE? ›

When taking GCSEs there is a huge mix of subjects, skills, and knowledge. This can be incredibly difficult to manage. Students struggle to balance enough time to be able to do everything they used to do on a day-to-day basis, as well as including revision.

Here are the trends in the latest art and design GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by art and design subject students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 7 per cent, compared to 6.5 per cent in 2020 and 4.7 per cent in 2019.

The GCSE is considered more rigorous because the rules are more stringent, such as the fact that students can only sit for the GCSE exams in June and resits can be taken in November each year. Therefore, the IGCSE is considered “easier” due to its flexible nature.

Can I do GCSEs on one year? It's hard work but absolutely yes! Half of RIC's GCSE students each year are on 1 year courses. GCSEs or IGCSEs are usually taken over two years but the specialist one year GCSE route allows students to take IGCSEs in one year only.

Photography can be a useful addition to a student's portfolio of qualifications and can also help to secure admission to Art College or university. lthough there is no formal requirement to have studied Photography before embarking on a GCSE course, it helps to have an interest in the subject.

The lead up to GCSE exams is definitely up there with one of the more stressful moments in life! It is very easy to let stress and worried emotions control you, and when you need to focus on revision and learning subject material, stress is an unwelcome time waster.

Each component is marked out of a total of 96 marks.

Grade 7, according to the old system, means scoring a lower grade A. A student who gets grade 7 (lower A) must have scored approximately 70-82 per cent in their examinations. According to the GCSE 2022 grade boundaries, securing grade 7 is considered a pretty decent score.

According to this illustration, grade 4 requires 56 - 66 per cent, grade 5 requires 67 - 77 per cent and grade 6 requires 78 - 88 per cent.

What is 70% at GCSE? ›

So 70 would be a Grade 6, but 69 would be a Grade 5. The GCSE grade boundaries are now only being released to students on results day, whereas previously they were published in advance.

GCSEs are the final hurdle of secondary school life, and should be taken seriously. You need to take the right amount of them and work hard in all of them to ensure your success. The average student takes 10 GCSEs, give or take a few.

Higher and further education

Most colleges like you to take a minimum of five GCSEs, including English Language and Maths at grade 4 (C) or above, while sixth forms have slightly higher entry requirements, looking for at least six GCSE examination results achieving at least a grade 4 (C).

What do pupils need to pass their exams? Pupils will have needed a 4 for a "standard pass" and 5 for a "strong pass". This means that a candidate who gets nine grade-4s has, technically, passed all their exams.

As you can see in the table above, old and new grades don't match up like-for-like. However, a 4 is being classified as a standard pass, which can be broadly compared to a grade C, while a 5 is a strong pass. Grades 9-7 are roughly equivalent to the old top grades of A* and A.

What are the most important GCSE subjects? Maths and English are the most important subjects as they are a requirement for most courses, apprenticeships, jobs and university degrees. You will usually need at least a grade 4 and above in Maths and English before you can get into these.

English and maths (sometimes science) are the GCSEs that universities are most likely to be interested in – and you don't get the option of dropping these. So whatever GCSEs you choose, you'll still have a broad range of unis to make up your mind over (if you get the grades, that is).

Half of schoolchildren who do not pass their maths and English GCSEs were already judged to be behind on their education at the age of five new research has found. A fifth of all students in England, or around 100,000 pupils each year, do not achieve the grade 4 pass grade in both English language and maths.

The English GCSE is hard, but it is also designed to be passed. Some students will be aiming for a 7, 8 or 9 grade, and to reach this standard, you must write and analyse texts with real sophistication and nuance. However, for many other students, the goal is to achieve a pass grade of 4 or hopefully higher.

In Summer 2022 GCSE students in the United Kingdom had a pass rate (achieving a grade of C/4 or higher) of 73.2 percent, the lowest since 2019 but still a noticeable increase when compared with years prior to 2020.

How many people get 7 9s at GCSE? ›

The proportion of top grades (7 to 9, which is equivalent to A/A*) has fallen by 3 percentage points – from 30 per cent this year to 27 per cent in 2021. Looking at the actual numbers, this is a 9 per cent fall from last year. But it is up from 21.8 per cent in 2019.

Choosing to take GCSEs via distance learning means you can gain a qualification whilst studying from home, at your own pace. We can even book your exams! No previous knowledge or experience is required, making them an accessible qualification for people of all ages.

Full-time students can complete standard GCSE programmes over two years or GCSE short courses which are completed in just one year. Part-time GCSE courses will take longer, as will evening courses, though the exact length will depend on the individual college programme.

I believe it's quite hard. Above an A* from our day. In 2019 around 4.5% of pupils got a 9 grade (exam) That's about than 1 in 22.

Many universities will look at your GCSE grades when deciding whether to offer you a place on their course. They used to look at AS level grades but most students do not do this qualification any more so they are paying more attention to GCSEs.

The way GCSEs are graded changed in 2017. They're graded using 9 to 1, rather than A* to G. Grade 9 is the highest grade. Ofqual's GCSE grading diagrams outline the changes and also provide some useful guide for parents.

To answer the question proposed, the 'average' GCSE grade lies between a grade 5 and a grade 6 when taking all subjects into account, however data provides specific figures for each subject, and these include 5.5 for Maths, 4.2 for Combined Science, 4.9 for History, 5 for English Language, 5 for English Literature, 6.5 ...

How can I get high marks in GCSE? ›

The problem: You procrastinate studying, not leaving yourself enough time to absorb the material before test day. The solution: Create a routine that involves reviewing your notes regularly. Each night, take a few minutes to go over your notes from class.

However, a 4 is being classified as a standard pass, which can be broadly compared to a grade C, while a 5 is a strong pass. Grades 9-7 are roughly equivalent to the old top grades of A* and A.

When taking GCSEs there is a huge mix of subjects, skills, and knowledge. This can be incredibly difficult to manage. Students struggle to balance enough time to be able to do everything they used to do on a day-to-day basis, as well as including revision.