On this page you'll find the performance descriptions and subject criteria for art and design which can be downloaded.

Performance descriptions have been written to describe the typical performance of candidates at the A/B and E/U boundaries in AS and A level examinations. These are in relation to the specific assessment objectives for a subject.

Subject criteria set out the knowledge, understanding, skills and assessment objectives common to all A and AS specifications in a given subject. They provide the framework within which the awarding body creates the detail of the specification.
Subject criteria are intended to:

• help ensure consistent and comparable standards in the same subject across the awarding bodies;
• define the relationship between the A and AS specifications, with the AS as a subset of the A level;
• ensure that the rigour of A level is maintained;
• help higher education institutions and employers know what has been studied and assessed.