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Subject update | 8 January 2025

A Level, GCSE and International GCSE Art January update

Welcome to the January update from your Subject Advisor

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Welcome back and happy new year! I hope you had a wonderful break and are feeling refreshed for the school term in your region.

This January update includes resources to support your assessments and the release of externally set assignments. You'll also find information about training events and external resources that can enhance your delivery and planning.

I hope you find these resources valuable, and that they contribute to your teaching success. If you have any questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Wishing you a fantastic start to 2025!

For updates on the qualification(s) you deliver, please click on the relevant sections below.


 

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 General Updates


The January Challenge 2025

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Become a Creativity Champion!

64 Million Artists (supported by Pearson) have created a resource pack for schools to support delivery of The January Challenge 2025.

This initiative will help more students, and more teachers feel creative at school, creating a stronger sense of community, agency, wellbeing, and a capacity to engage with the curriculum.

We hope a creative January inspires a creative February and beyond!

Schools Competition

64 Million Artists are running a schools competition for The January Challenge 2025:

1. Sign up your school for the January Challenge by downloading a FREE Creativity Champions Pack.

2. Engage your school community with the 31 creative prompts throughout January. Use them in group activities, team meetings, classrooms and staffrooms!

3. Share your school’s creativity. Post photos, videos, or stories on social media or email jemima@64millionartists.com.

Be sure to tag 64 Million Artists and use #TheJanuaryChallenge.

A FREE Creative Workshop tailored to your school, with materials provided.

A Hamper of Creative Goodies including books, supplies, and games.

Recognition for standout students or teachers who demonstrate exceptional creativity, enthusiasm, and collaboration during the challenge.

Submit your photos, videos, or stories anytime during January 1st - 31st, 2025 by email at jemima@64millionartists.com or by tagging 64 Million Artists on LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook.

Don’t forget to tag 64 Million Artists and use #TheJanuaryChallenge!

This isn’t just a competition. It’s part of a nationwide movement to celebrate creativity at the heart of every school and community.

By joining The January Challenge, your school will be helping shape the future of creativity in education. Together, we can make 2025 the year where creativity is celebrated, nurtured, and shared across the UK!

The January Challenge 2025 Schools Competition

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Art and Design Network Events

These free online events are designed to look at various aspects of teaching and learning in Art and Design and are an opportunity to discuss ideas with subject experts and fellow teachers. 

In this live network event held on 11 September 2024, our subject advisor Jaclyn Wiid introduced a range of evidence-based curriculum planning and delivery approaches in Art and Design.

The session looked at what makes a successful Art and Design curriculum for GCSE, International GCSE and A Level and explored new resources on the Pearson website to support teachers in their planning and delivery.

Art and Design Network: Curriculum Planning

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In this live network event held on 24 September 2024, a member of our senior examining team discussed the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Pearson Edexcel Art and Design qualifications.

The session explored both acceptable and inappropriate uses of AI in student portfolios, providing further explanation and visual evidence to compliment the written guidance released by Pearson.

Art and Design Network: AI in Art and Design

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In this live network event held on 5 December 2024 run by our credible specialist for Textile Design, teachers explored a range of practical teaching and learning strategies for fostering creativity and originality in the endorsed title of Textile Design.

This training would be beneficial to all but will be particularly well suited to teachers new to delivering Textile Design through the Art and Design specification.

Art and Design Network: Fostering Creativity and Originality in Textile Design

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5 February 2025 16:30-17:30 GMT

In this online network, run by our credible specialist for Three-dimensional Design, teachers will explore practical teaching and learning strategies for promoting a creative and personal design process in the endorsed title of Three-dimensional Design. The session will be particularly well suited to teachers new to delivering Three-dimensional Design through the Art and Design specification.

3 March 2025 16:00-17:00 GMT

This online network event is a live Q&A session, where delegates will have the opportunity to ask senior members of our moderating/marking team questions ahead of the summer examination series.

Supported by our Subject Advisor, Jaclyn Wiid, our senior team will help you troubleshoot problems and address any concerns when preparing for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE, A Level, or International GCSE qualifications in Art and Design.


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Pearson Edexcel Art and Design Facebook Group

Join our teacher group for those teaching our GCSE, International GCSE and A level Art and Design qualifications. Created to give Art and Design teachers a private, professional space to discuss teaching and learning ideas and ask general questions, the community is run by your Art and Design Subject Advisor, Jaclyn Wiid. 

Pearson Edexcel Art and Design Facebook group

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 GCSE Art and Design Updates


NEW Component 2 Video

Our new bitesize video focuses on planning and delivering the Component 2 Externally Set Assignment, released 2 January.

It provides starting points for teachers and students, showcases visual examples of students' creative journeys, and offers guidance for the 10-hour period of sustained focus.

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Date GCSE Art and Design
2 January 2025 Release of the Component 2 externally set assignment paper (ESA)
21 February 2025 Deadline for entries (late entry fees after this date)
15 May 2025 Start of moderator visits
48 hours prior to
moderation visit
Marks submitted on Edexcel Online for visiting moderation
31 May 2025

International centres only:

Marks submitted on Edexcel Online for digital moderation 

Sampled work submitted on Learner Work Transfer

27 June 2025 End of moderator visits
21 August 2025 Results day

The Component 2 Externally Set Assignment is released on 2 January

Hard copies of the paper will be sent to centres with previous entries / estimated entries and must be kept secure until this date. 

Electronic versions of the paper are available via secure download on the course materials page under 'June 2025' from this date. 

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The Component 2 ESA download is a secure material which requires an Edexcel Online account to access. These are managed by the centre's Exams Officer and you should speak to them for support.

As an additional step for securing customer and learner data, we are now enhancing our systems by introducing the Pearson Authenticator app. 


If these steps do not resolve any issues, please get in touch via the Pearson Support Portal.
 

We have a range of resources available to support your delivery of the Component 2 Externally Set Assignment (ESA).

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GCSE Art and Design Component 2 bitesize video

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Art UK Curations are groups of artworks selected, arranged, and published by our community of users.

This year, they are creating a curation focused specifically on our Pearson Edexcel GCSE Art and Design Component 2 theme.

You can view this curation on their website as well as make your own!

Check out our free face-to-face coursework marking training for GCSE Art and Design, available to book 25 November 2024 - 30 January 2025 in London, Birmingham and York.

You will have the opportunity to mark actual Component 1 and Component 2 portfolios across a range of titles and levels from the most recent exam series, with senior members of the examining team guiding you through assessment decisions.

There will be opportunities to network with colleagues from other schools and discuss best practices in assessment.

The events will conclude with a Q&A where you will have the opportunity to ask our trainers any questions about the course.

If you are unable to attend our free face-to-face training events or you just want a refresher, check out our free online training for GCSE Art and Design. This training is available on demand as well as through live virtual sessions at various times to cater for different time zones.

Many thanks to all the teachers who have attended our in-person and online training events over the last couple of weeks.

Once all the training events have concluded, we will publish the portfolios to our exemplar galleries. In the meantime, for those unable to attend future training sessions, the materials from these sessions will be accessible via the 'past training content' tab on our teaching and learning materials page from early December. Please be advised that these are the same materials that will be used for the training sessions in Spring 2025.

Check out our Exemplar Gallery, a gallery view of our student exemplars organised by performance level and component. Designed with teachers and access in mind, it is a great way to assess and standardise internally.

Use these exemplars alongside the Taxonomy, which gives descriptors for each performance level, and the Assessment Grid to accurately assess learner work.

We have also released an editable version of the Assessment Grid which can be completed electronically and printed for visiting moderation / uploaded for international centres' digital moderation.

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 International GCSE Art and Design Updates


NEW Component 2 Video

Our new bitesize video focuses on planning and delivering the Component 2 Externally Set Assignment, released 2 January.

It provides starting points for teachers and students, showcases visual examples of students' creative journeys, and offers guidance for the 10-hour period of sustained focus.

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Date International GCSE Art and Design
2 January 2025 Online release of the Component 2 externally set assignment paper (ESA)
21 March 2025 Deadline for entries (late entry fees after this date)
31 May 2025 All work submitted digitally on Learner Work Transfer for external assessment
21 August 2025 Results day

The Component 2 Externally Set Assignment is released on 2 January

Electronic versions of the paper are available via secure download on the course materials page under 'June 2025' from this date. 

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The Component 2 ESA download is a secure material which requires an Edexcel Online account to access. These are managed by the centre's Exams Officer and you should speak to them for support.

As an additional step for securing customer and learner data, we are now enhancing our systems by introducing the Pearson Authenticator app. 


If these steps do not resolve any issues, please get in touch via the Pearson Support Portal.
 

We have a range of resources available to support your delivery of the Component 2 Externally Set Assignment (ESA).

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International GCSE Art and Design Component 2 bitesize video

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In December, we ran a new Exam Insights session for the June 2024 series. If you were unable to attend, you can view the recording on our Art and Design Training and Network Events playlist. 

This training is for teachers of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Art & Design specification and will provide feedback and insights on the May/June 2024 exam series. The session will focus on the performance of some of the key questions in the series and provide analysis to support. The session will point out key statistical performance data that may help with your planning for the year ahead.

By the end of the session delegates will:

  • receive feedback on the performance of candidates in the May/June 2024 exam series
  • consider the variation of candidates’ performance on different questions and explore why performance varies
  • receive key points from the Examiner’s Report
  • address common issues and FAQs.

Check out our Exemplar Gallery, a gallery view of our student exemplars organised by performance band and component. Designed with teachers and access in mind, it is a great way aid the understanding of marks within the centre.

Please note, this qualification is 100% externally assessed and has no requirement for internal assessment. However, if a centre chooses to conduct formative assessment, it is important that the assessment objectives are assessed equally in an integrated and holistic way using these exemplars alongside the assessment grid and taxonomy.

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International GCSE Art and Design (2017) Exemplar Gallery

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 A Level Art and Design Updates


NEW Component 2 Video

Our new bitesize video focuses on planning and delivering the Component 2 Externally Set Assignment, released 1 February.

It provides starting points for teachers and students, showcases visual examples of students' creative journeys, and offers guidance for the 15-hour period of sustained focus.

Play
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Date A Level Art and Design
1 February 2025 Release of the Component 2 externally set assignment paper (ESA)
21 February 2025 Deadline for entries (late entry fees after this date)
15 May 2025 Start of moderator visits
48 hours prior to
moderation visit
Marks submitted on Edexcel Online for visiting moderation
31 May 2025

International centres only:

Marks submitted on Edexcel Online for digital moderation 

Sampled work submitted on Learner Work Transfer

27 June 2025 End of moderator visits
14 August 2025 Results day

The Component 2 Externally Set Assignment is released on 1 February

Hard copies of the paper will be sent to centres with previous entries / estimated entries and must be kept secure until this date. 

Electronic versions of the paper are available via secure download on the course materials page under 'June 2025' from this date. 

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The Component 2 ESA download is a secure material which requires an Edexcel Online account to access. These are managed by the centre's Exams Officer and you should speak to them for support.

As an additional step for securing customer and learner data, we are now enhancing our systems by introducing the Pearson Authenticator app. 


If these steps do not resolve any issues, please get in touch via the Pearson Support Portal.
 

We have a range of resources available to support your delivery of the Component 2 Externally Set Assignment (ESA).

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Check out our free face-to-face training for A Level Art and Design, available to book 28 November 2024 - 6 February 2025 in London and York.

You will have the opportunity to mark actual Component 1 and Component 2 portfolios across a range of titles and levels from the most recent exam series, with senior members of the examining team guiding you through assessment decisions.

There will be opportunities to network with colleagues from other schools and discuss best practices in assessment.

The events will conclude with a Q&A where you will have the opportunity to ask our trainers any questions about the course.

If you are unable to attend our free face-to-face training events or you just want a refresher, check out our free online training for A Level Art and Design. This training is available on demand as well as through live virtual sessions at various times to cater for different time zones.

Many thanks to all the teachers who have attended our in-person and online training events over the last couple of weeks.

Once all the training events have concluded, we will publish the portfolios to our exemplar galleries. In the meantime, for those unable to attend future training sessions, the materials from these sessions will be accessible via the 'past training content' tab on our teaching and learning materials page from early December. Please be advised that these are the same materials that will be used for the training sessions in Spring 2025.

Check out our Exemplar Gallery, a gallery view of our student exemplars organised by performance level and component. Designed with teachers and access in mind, it is a great way to assess and standardise internally. We also have voiceovers available for some performance level 6 (exceptional) portfolios.

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Use these exemplars alongside the Performance Calculators, which give descriptors for each performance level, and the Assessment Grid to accurately assess learner work.

We have also released an editable version of the Assessment Grid which can be completed electronically and printed for visiting moderation / uploaded for international centres' digital moderation.

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 A Level History of Art Updates


A Level History of Art Training

22 January 2025 16:00-17:00 GMT

This event is intended to support teachers delivering Pearson Edexcel A Level History of Art.

In this event, delegates will explore how to approach Section A of Paper 1, Visual Analysis, discussing effective responses and common mistakes using candidate responses from the most recent exam series.

A Level History of Art Training

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Date A Level History of Art
21 February 2025 Deadline for entries (late entry fees after this date)
19 May 2025 Paper 1: Visual analysis and themes (PM)
2 June 2025 Paper 2: Periods (AM)
14 August 2025 Results day
Art UK

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Art UK is the online home for every public art collection in the United Kingdom. They are an art education charity who aim to democratise access to art. Their free website brings together art from over 3,400 British institutions, showing over 300,000 works by over 50,000 artists and growing all the time.

Learn more about Art UK

Art History Link-Up

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Art History Link-Up provide free art history courses to under-represented students, providing life-changing opportunities for those who study with us while transforming the future of the arts in the UK.

Learn more about the Art History Link-Up 

Association for Art History

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The Association for Art History leads a collective effort in the UK to advance the study and practice of art history. Through programmes, publications and resources, they connect those interested in and engaged with art history, aid scholarly research and develop professional practice.

Learn more about the Association for Art History

These lists are designed to suggest a range of sources to inspire students. They are not exhaustive and the 2017 lists still remain valid.

History of Art Scope of work lists

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These are some resources on the qualification course materials pages to support you with planning and delivery.

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Check our our support videos to help you with delivering various aspects of the specification.

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View the question papers and mark schemes for previous assessment series to help inform future teaching and delivery.

You will need an Edexcel Online login to access any padlocked secure materials and these are managed by your Exams Officer.


 

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 Helpful Resources and Inspiration

Importance of the Arts in Education

The importance of the arts in education and the value they bring to young people is at the heart of what we do. Designing courses that give students an authentic creative experience is a priority and it is vital that we continue to raise the profile of our subjects in education and beyond. As such, below is a range of external resources invaluable to your wider curriculum development.

Art UK

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Art UK Curations

Curations are groups of artworks selected, arranged, and published by our community of users.

You can even make your own curations based on preferred themes (such as the Component 2 externally set themes!)

Learn more about Art UK Curations

Play your way into Production

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Play Your Way Into Production

Find out what it’s like to be a newbie on a film/TV set!

Play Your Way Into Production is a free new game to give people an insight into the TV/film industry. Players have the opportunity to explore a TV/film set to find out more about how things work and the wide range of jobs available.

Learn more about Play Your Way Into Production

Sadako's Cranes for Peace

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Sadako’s Cranes for Peace

Sadako’s Cranes for Peace is a FREE teaching pack that enablesstudents to learn the inspiring story of a young Japanese girl who folded approximately 1,600 origami cranes in the hope to be granted a wish, despite suffering from terminal leukaemia as a result of the radiation from the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Access the free teaching resource

Barbara Walker

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Barbara Walker at the Whitworth, Manchester

The first major survey exhibition by British artist Barbara Walker, charts her compelling figurative practice from 1990s to today. 'Being Here' presents over 70 extraordinary artworks, including rarely seen paintings. 

This exhibition runs until 26 January 2025.

Learn more about Barbara Walker and the exhibition

Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern, London

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Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern, London

Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today, and their work has been exhibited all over the world. With over 260 photographs, this major exhibition presents the full breadth of their career to date.

This exhibition runs until 26 January 2025.

Learn more about Zanele Muholi and the exhibition

The January Challenge 2025

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Become a Creativity Champion

64 Million Artists (supported by Pearson) have created a resource pack for schools to support delivery of The January Challenge 2025. This initiative will help more students, and more teachers feel creative at school, creating a stronger sense of community, agency, wellbeing, and a capacity to engage with the curriculum. We hope a creative January inspires a creative February and beyond!

Learn more about The January Challenge

Download the Creativity Champions pack for schools


 

Thank you!

I hope you found this update useful. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me and the team using the contact details below. 


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