GCSE Exam

Guidance for Candidates

You must choose one theme and produce both preparatory work and one or more artefact(s)/ product(s)/personal outcome(s) based on your investigations of a relevant starting point from options (a) to (h).

You will need to produce preparatory work relevant to your chosen specialism but you may use any starting point from which to begin your investigations.

If you are taking Art, Craft and Design (J170), you may show evidence of one or more titles in your preparatory work; the artefact(s)/product(s)/personal outcome(s) may focus on just one title.

Your preparatory work must be used to inform the artefact(s)/product(s)/personal outcome(s) during the 10 hours of supervised time. Your preparatory work should not be amended or developed further during or after the 10 hours of supervised time.

You should not bring any additional work into the supervised sessions. Your centre will advise you of the duration of the preparatory period and the dates of the 10 hours of supervised time. You must demonstrate in both your preparatory work and artefact(s)/product(s)/personal outcome(s) that you have:

• recorded your experiences and observations

• researched and explored your ideas

• used appropriate materials and techniques

• shown a critical understanding of sources

• selected and presented your preparatory studies and refined these into your artefact(s)/ product(s)/personal outcome(s)

• identified and referenced all collected or sourced materials.

Methods of working could include as appropriate:

• working from observation and experience

• exploring the qualities of materials, processes and techniques

• developing ideas in a personal, imaginative or representational way

• researching and showing critical understanding of sources.