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Reply 1

if you think you've failed, you prob have. arts just one of those subjects...

Reply 2

I thought I had.

I finished neither the coursework, the preparation for the exam, nor the exam and to top it off I gave up by the end because I couldn't do it that well.

However, I got a B :smile:

You'll be fine, put the other subjects first and do it whenever you can, but dont put it as your main subject.

Reply 3

I suppose its not one of the most important subjects.

Reply 4

I didn't fail it but I know at my school the only way to fail was to not do any coursework or exam.
someone in my class did no coursework at all and then when it came to the exam she worked really hard and got a C overall.

have you spoken to your teacher? did they actually indicate you're going to fail?

Reply 5

ElectricOceans
I suppose its not one of the most important subjects.


It isn't, but perhaps just aim for a pass! It won't be too hard to pass if you're decent at it and just do it when you have time away from your othr work.
Its a horrific subject though.

Reply 6

Jessaay!
I thought I had.

I finished neither the coursework, the preparation for the exam, nor the exam and to top it off I gave up by the end because I couldn't do it that well.

However, I got a B :smile:

You'll be fine, put the other subjects first and do it whenever you can, but dont put it as your main subject.


I got a B in the mocks which I was surprised about as even then I was behind with my work. I have alot of work from previous projects missing though and apparently it all needs to be handed in by the end of feb. :eek:

I guess if I end up failing its not the end of the world. :frown:

Well done on the B though. :smile:

Reply 7

There's been one person in my school who's failed art, he got a U. Art GCSE is so easy though, I don't see how anyone can get bellow an A/B (especially if you choose to do it).

Reply 8

Jessaay!
It isn't, but perhaps just aim for a pass! It won't be too hard to pass if you're decent at it and just do it when you have time away from your othr work.
Its a horrific subject though.


I lost one of my sketchbooks which is worth 30% of my final grade, so I will either have to do it all over again or leave it if I think its going to be to much work. It has to be done by feb. :frown:

Reply 9

Tell your teacher, they can send a note to the exam board and they may be able to do something about it, someone did that in my year and still managed to get a c at least, and they weren't particularly good at it.

Reply 10

ElectricOceans
I lost one of my sketchbooks which is worth 30% of my final grade, so I will either have to do it all over again or leave it if I think its going to be to much work. It has to be done by feb. :frown:


if you're teacher's seen the work they may be able to grade you for it anyway.
I lost some of my Exam prep that I was meant to present but because my teacher had seen it she said she could at least give me the marks for actually carrying it out, and in the end marked me on the whole lot of missing stuff based on other work.

Reply 11

I didn't fail.. I passed. But only just.

I got a G. :/

At the time, my school practically made you take an Art GCSE, only difference being the exact specification.

Reply 12

Aristoteles
There's been one person in my school who's failed art, he got a U. Art GCSE is so easy though, I don't see how anyone can get bellow an A/B (especially if you choose to do it).


It is easy and to be honest you don't have to be that good at art to pass it, you just have to be good at showing a range of ideas and to be good at the writing is always a bonus for you as that helps to get your grades up. I'm just not very good at completing my work in time and i'm never satisfied with what I produce. If I had a good start to art I would of been able to have passed it, unfortunately I got a teacher who was new to the subject and didn't know what to do. So the first year was wasted.

Reply 13

death.drop
if you're teacher's seen the work they may be able to grade you for it anyway.
I lost some of my Exam prep that I was meant to present but because my teacher had seen it she said she could at least give me the marks for actually carrying it out, and in the end marked me on the whole lot of missing stuff based on other work.


I had a change of teacher, my teacher was taken off the course and now only teaches graphics because they didnt think she could cope with the subject. So the teacher I have now hasn't actually seen any of my previous work. :frown:

Reply 14

ElectricOceans
It is easy and to be honest you don't have to be that good at art to pass it, you just have to be good at showing a range of ideas and to be good at the writing is always a bonus for you as that helps to get your grades up. I'm just not very good at completing my work in time and i'm never satisfied with what I produce. If I had a good start to art I would of been able to have passed it, unfortunately I got a teacher who was new to the subject and didn't know what to do. So the first year was wasted.


You got it :p:

and yeah, similar thing happened to me, the teacher would even rip out pages from students sketchbooks if she didn't like it or thought it wasn't really relevant (luckily it didn't happen to me).

Reply 15

xBeccaxxGOKx
I didn't fail.. I passed. But only just.

I got a G. :/

At the time, my school practically made you take an Art GCSE, only difference being the exact specification.


I forgot U is the only fail and everything above it is a pass. I mean't anything below a C as A* - C seems to be regarded as passes.

Reply 16

My friend insisted that the fact that she didn't get an A* at GCSE art was a fail, and she got an A. But, in all honesty, she really didn't put as much work into her art as those who did get an A*.

At the end of the day, art GCSE is not about how good you are at art. It's more about whether you can be 'inspired by' other artists to make your own piece, which never ends up looking the way you want it to. Unless you want to do art for the rest of your life, I wouldn't worry much, and even then I still wouldn't worry if I were you- an A* at art GCSE does not prove your skills as an artist, and similarly a not-so-good grade at GCSE doesn't mean you're a bad artist.

Just try and get as much work done to as high a standard as possible, keep practising, and you'll be fine.

Reply 17

Aristoteles
You got it :p:

and yeah, similar thing happened to me, the teacher would even rip out pages from students sketchbooks if she didn't like it or thought it wasn't really relevant (luckily it didn't happen to me).


My previous teacher let me do what I wanted and to be honest my work was going nowhere. I didnt like the first project either we had to do it based on structures. I much perfer mood and emotion and the trial exam we did on representing sound.

Reply 18

Jessaay!
Tell your teacher, they can send a note to the exam board and they may be able to do something about it, someone did that in my year and still managed to get a c at least, and they weren't particularly good at it.


I could ask but not sure whether my teacher is going to agree to that as I believe she is an examier for the AQA board so doesnt actually have to send any of the work off to the exam board as she marks it all herself. I might suggest trying to catch up with some of it, I cant see myself getting very far with it though. :frown:

Reply 19

ElectricOceans
I had a change of teacher, my teacher was taken off the course and now only teaches graphics because they didnt think she could cope with the subject. So the teacher I have now hasn't actually seen any of my previous work. :frown:


any way you could get your old teacher just to confirm with the new that they saw it? ask someone at your school about it. it's worth a try if it will get you some extra marks.