Silver Arts Award Level 2 Certificate

Applications Open – 3PM Thursday 6 November 2025

Applications Close – August 2026

Entry Requirements – For Level 3 courses, students must have 5 or more Grade 4s at GCSE. No minimum entry for Level1/2 courses

How to Apply – Please apply via KentChoices

The Silver Arts Award is one of a choice of compulsory options for those students who have already gained 5 or more 9 to 4 grades at GCSE, including English and Maths.

Silver Arts Award gives young people the chance to take on an artistic challenge and a leadership role too. As well as being about creativity, it's about becoming a reviewer, researcher and project manager. Participants build a broad range of transferable skills as they complete their portfolio and gain a Level 2 qualification

To achieve Silver Arts Award, young people create a portfolio, in a format of their choice, presenting evidence that they have completed all the tasks within the award's two units:

Unit 1: Arts practice and pathways

planning an arts challenge that develops their skills

implementing and reviewing the success of their challenge

reviewing arts events and sharing their views

researching careers and future opportunities in the arts

Unit 2: Arts leadership

identifying an arts leadership role and planning an arts project

being an effective arts leader, including dealing with practical issues and working effectively with others

reviewing their project and leadership abilities

For those students who are serious about their Art, who complete their Silver Arts Award, the Gold arts award is available and acheiveable within the same school year..

5 GCSE's (including English, Maths and Science)

As a standalone qualification, the Silver Arts Award is working at the same standard as GCSE grades 9 to 4.

After Silver Arts Award, learners may wish to progress onto Gold Arts Award. Silver and Gold Arts

Award support progression into the arts and cultural sectors as well as direct progression into

further training and employment.