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A level Art Access Project

Art Access Project

If you'd like to study our A level Art & Design course and you don't have GCSE Art & Design, we would ask that you provide a portfolio of work that would help us assess your suitability for the course. 

Please read the Art Access Project guide and submit your portfolio work to the Head of Art & Design: twinn@hillsroad.ac.uk by Thursday 22 August 2024.

Please note: we appreciate that whilst you may have taken a related GCSE subject it does not necessarily prepare you for an A level in Fine Art.

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