GCSE Art and Design - Teaching from 2025

The GCSE Art and Design qualification will support the Curriculum for Wales by:

• Supporting the statements of what matters, giving learners the opportunity to
  • develop artistic skills and knowledge
  • respond and reflect as both artist and audience
  • be innovative and bold in developing their own artistic identity.
• Supporting the principles of progression by giving learners the opportunity to:
  • make links in the creative process as they explore and innovate
  • create more sophisticated work
  • refine skills and techniques
  • gain confidence and resilience in giving and receiving feedback.
• Supporting the key considerations for Art and Design by giving learners the opportunity to:
  • experiment and develop work through a range of resources, materials, techniques and processes 
  • produce a range of outcomes and to demonstrate a personal and creative response.