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GCSE COURSES
ENGLish
GRAPHIC DESIGN
GCSE
GCSE
This new syllabus is a fast-track, one-year GCSE English
Language course involving wider reading and building on
written and spoken skills.
Learn how to design logos, posters and packaging and
understand how designers create the brands you love.
Graphic Design is about creative problem solving and
communicating ideas using the layout of images and
text. Your Graphic Design lessons will blend Art skills with
Digital skills and you’ll be exploring Adobe Photoshop
as well as experimenting with printmaking, illustration
and collage techniques. In busy practical lessons you’ll
learn about fonts and layout and how colour is used in
design and you’ll gain skills and understanding that will
be valuable for any creative career. Success on this GCSE
qualification can lead you to progress onto one of our
Advanced Level Visual Arts courses.
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CONTENT
There are two units for this qualification:
PAPER 1:
• A written exam (1 hour/45 minutes)
• 50% of GCSE/ 80 marks
Analysing a literature fiction text and writing descriptively
PAPER 2:
• A written exam (1 hour/45 minutes)
• 50% of GCSE/ 80 marks
Analysis/comparison of 19th/20th/21st Century non-fiction texts and
writing to persuade
Please note that studying at GCSE is an invitation to occasionally
engage in and examine challenging and difficult topics and texts.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Standard Foundation Level entry requirements
ASSESSMENT
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You’ll be set ‘client briefs’ and learn about the stages a designer goes
through to realise exciting and successful work. You might be asked
to create a logo and packaging for a new fast-food brand or to create
digital illustrations for a fashion magazine. You’ll learn about key
design movements, influential graphic designers and take inspiration
from street artists. Coursework projects prepare you to tackle any
design challenge with creativity and confidence and in the exam
project, you get a choice of themes, a period of preparation and then
a 10-hour practical exam to create your chosen design work.
100% exam (two papers)
NON-EXAM SPOKEN ASSESSMENT: (This mark is carried through
from school, if you have already done it.) If you arrive with a
Grade 4 in GCSE English Literature, you do not have to re-sit
English Language GCSE, but it may be useful especially if you are
considering going to university or for future employment.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Standard Foundation Level entry requirements
Plus Grade 3 in GCSE Art, Graphics, Photography or Textiles (if taken)
ASSESSMENT
60% coursework, 40% externally set assignment
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