Grade 9 GCSE Art Examples

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As it is so challenging for students to achieve a Grade 9 in GCSE Art & Design, I thought it would be useful to share some Grade 9 Art project examples. If you’re wondering how to get a Grade 9 in GCSE art, these projects might be able to help!

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*UPDATE!* I have added more full Grade 9 Art & Design projects to this presentation – there are now FIVE projects to have a look at. Enjoy!

I usually have students work on design sheets so these are photographs of all the design sheets and any final pieces the students made. I was so impressed with their work and with how much effort the students put in! 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.

GCSE Art Grade 9 Primary Research Examples
Examples of high quality primary research in GCSE art
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GCSE Art Grade 9 Primary Research Photograph Examples
Examples of high quality primary research in GCSE art

There are five Grade 9 full project examples on the presentation, including sheets of student’s secondary and primary research and artist research. As I tell my students, the focus should always be on the quality of their work rather than the quantity in order to achieve high grades in art. Although, of course, they need have enough work to meet all of the four assessment objectives (I currently teach for the AQA exam board.)

GCSE Art Grade 9 drawing examples
Examples of Grade 9 observational drawings in GCSE Art
Grade 9 GCSE art drawings
Grade 9 observational drawings in GCSE Art
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I have also included all of the student’s observational / working drawings, development work, experimentation, plans and final pieces. I have added close up images of the Grade 9 observational drawing work so you can use the presentation to show your own students if you wish.

Examples of high quality experiments research in GCSE art
Examples of high quality experiments in GCSE art

I have chosen very different exam projects so you can see a full range of techniques and approaches to the different exam questions. The projects are a mix of coursework and the externally set exam by AQA.

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Examples of AO3 design ideas for GCSE art final pieces
GCSE Art final piece ideas (I have covered any faces in photographs!)
Examples of AO3 design ideas for GCSE art final pieces

I have added titles to each of the slides in ‘student speak’ so your students can clearly see examples of what each stage of a Grade 9 art project looks like. All of the annotations should be legible too!

Finally, I have included photographs of all of the final pieces completed in the 10 hour exam / controlled assessment. As well as the final pieces, I have included close up images so you can clearly see the details and quality of the work. In total, there are 85 slides with examples of Grade 9 GCSE art projects.

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GCSE Art Grade 9 final piece example
Details of a Grade 9 GCSE art final piece
GCSE Art Grade 9 examples
Details of a Grade 9 GCSE art final piece

Since some of these art projects were for the externally set exam, the marks made up 40% of the total grade. All students achieved a Grade 9, but that is also including the 60% coursework component.

That means that not every single drawing or experiment in the presentation is a grade 9. This is important as students can refine their work by recognising what has not gone well and move forward using only their best work! This is tricky to get across to students but hopefully using this presentation will help. I have used it with my own classes and found it useful.

Details of a Grade 9 GCSE art final piece
Details of a Grade 9 GCSE art final piece
Grade 9 gcse art final piece example
Grade 9 GCSE Art final piece example

If you would like a copy of the Grade 9 Art presentation for free, just leave a comment and I will share it with your email address! Thanks, I hope this is useful šŸŽØ

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  7. This is really beautiful work! It would be really beneficial to show my students the jouney and development of some great projects šŸ™‚

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  30. Hi, please could I get a copy for my son? He has not had an art teacher for most of his GCSE time and is getting very concerned about completing his coursework! Many thanks

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  36. Thank you for doing this, some fabulous original ideas.ā€‚I would love a copy please, I think it will help a number of students looking for more information.

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Making and teaching art. Based in Manchester.