Art and Design: Three-Dimensional Design A level

Applications Open – 3rd November 2025

Applications Close – 31st July 2026

Entry Requirements –We do have entry recommendations for some courses, especially A-levels, as we would not want you to start a course that would not be suitable for you. We want to give you the best chance of future success.

The course programmes are flexible: students can mix Level 3 courses with Level 2 courses, or A-levels with BTECs. We provide impartial advice and guidance and seek to put you on the courses you want and are likely to be successful in.

Students are expected to study up to 3 A level equivalent subjects (this can be from either A levels and/or Level 3 BTEC subjects) building their own personalised combination of Level 3 subjects OR a full time Level 2 course.

The sixth form runs on a flexible timetable with some courses running until 6.00pm. This flexibility means we can offer as much as possible, to as many as possible, as often as possible.

How to Apply – Please apply via Kent Choices.

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Learners should be able to explore, research and acquire techniques and develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in a range of approaches specific to Three-Dimensional Design.

Learners should explore relevant images, text, design processes and resources relating to Three-Dimensional Design.

Learners should demonstrate how they can problem solve by designing or creating products which have a decorative or functional role. They may include in their work one-off experimental pieces, traditional crafts, small batch production or industrial design for mass consumption.

Learners should also demonstrate their understanding of processes.

Learners in Three-Dimensional Design are expected to demonstrate specialisation in particular media or processes to an appropriate depth of study. This can be achieved by working toward the extension and development of particular themes, ideas or issues. Drawing skills should be understood and developed as appropriate to the ways of recording and communicating intentions, ideas and emotions in the context of Three-Dimensional Design.

Learners will be expected to demonstrate skills as defined in the Art and Design Core Content section of this specification, in the context of their chosen area(s) of Three-Dimensional Design.

In addition, learners will be required to demonstrate skills in all of the following: selecting and using materials either discretely or in combination, such as metal, foam board, card, glass, mosaic, ceramic, fibre and wood; understanding and application of scale appropriate to the chosen work and direction relevant to learner intention; devising spatial solutions to the various constraints presented by a product, location or environment; using appropriate visual language and terminology within Three-Dimensional Design; problem solving in three dimensions by defining role, function, material, audience and/or client relevant to the context and parameters of their work; understanding and using relevant conventions, production methods and genres in Three-Dimensional Design.

Learners must use an appropriate range of processes and techniques using traditional and/or digital media, appropriate to the chosen subject area, enabling research, exploration and the creation of the final outcome(s).

Learners will build and evidence an understanding of: relevant technologies, materials, processes and resources; continuity and change in different genres, styles and traditions relevant to Three-Dimensional Design and the chosen areas of study within this specialism; how ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images, goods and artefacts; how images, goods and artefacts relate to the time and place in which they were made and to their social and cultural context; a working vocabulary and specialist terminology which are relevant to 3-Dimensional Design.

English and Maths grades 5

GCSE Art or Design and Technology at Level 2 are advantageous.

We would recommend a grade 5 at GCSE in resistant materials or product design and a grade 5 at GCSE in English Language.

This course can support in progressing to the creative industries and further studies, including, but not limited to, Graphic Design, Product Design, Architecture, Photography and Computer Aided Design.

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