Y11 March Mock Exam - Photography Guidance

Exam Board: AQA

Qualification: GCSE Art & Design (Photography)

There is nothing to revise for Photography, however you must have all your latest photos completed BEFORE the exam. The 10-hour exam in the summer of Year 11 is the final point of the extended exam project that you will have been working on since January 2025.

In the exam you cannot take pictures - you can only edit and present your work which will lead you to produce a final outcome within this time.

• For your mock exam in March 2025 you will have five hours working in exam conditions in which to edit and present content for the exam project that you began working on in January. You cannot take any pictures during the mock exam.
• You need to show the development of your ideas - from creating copies of images by established artists, to blending different artists' ideas, to creating your own unique images.
• As in the final exam, you are assessed evenly across the 4 Assessment Objectives (AOs):

AO1: Research & developing ideas. (24 marks)

AO2: Experimenting & refining skills & techniques. (24 marks)

AO3: Recording ideas: mind maps, plans, photos & drawing. (24 marks)

AO4: Personal outcome: this is your response to the initial artist research. (24 marks)

Total: 96 marks