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11/07/25

Harris Federation Festival of Music! We are very proud of HAM music students who represented our academy on the first ever Harris Federation Festival of Music which took place in Fairfield Halls on 9th July 2025🎼 pic.twitter.com/xktxGXMfG6

11/07/25

WE ARE SO PROUD https://t.co/UhlFyjXun8

10/07/25

An unforgettable moment at today as our incredible ball boy, Karsten, had the honour of meeting Queen Camilla — with none other than by his side! 👑🎾🍓 pic.twitter.com/OMQ4CuYie6

09/07/25

This week, Yr12 SCCC scholars are at The Oval for work experience! Monday: partnership workshop – pitch a £1M Nando’s sponsorship to SCCC. Tuesday: promo for the SACS programme with our media & comms team. Harris Merton Scholars smashed it!#HarrisScholars pic.twitter.com/ac1EcXecLG

09/07/25

Yr10 GCSE Business students took part in a behind-the-scenes tour of operational excellence, & explored the wide range of career opportunities available at Lidl, gaining real-world insight into one of the UK’s leading retailers. A brilliant example of business learning in action! pic.twitter.com/JKTRifC7Kt

08/07/25

Over the last two weeks 42 of our incredible students have taken on the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award expedition - what an adventure it’s been! From navigating trails to building teamwork and resilience, they’ve shown true grit and determination💪👏 pic.twitter.com/USwkgAQn7o

08/07/25

Our top readers were rewarded with a magical day at the Harry Potter Studio Tour! Hard work and a love for books really do open doors — or in this case, Platform 9¾! 🧙‍♂️🎉 pic.twitter.com/C0yQa1HUfp

04/07/25

🎉 Day Trip to Lille! An unforgettable adventure with 47 amazing students exploring the beautiful city of Lille and its charming zoo! From cobbled streets to curious creatures, we made memories to last a lifetime.#Lille pic.twitter.com/SgIDrGROL3

20/06/25

🏆South Quadrant Federation Boys and Girls Athletics Champions🏆 What an incredible achievement from all of our athletes. Their hardwork, determination and team spirit truly paid off. Good luck to those who will go onto represent Merton at the Athletics Final 🙌🏼🍀🎽 pic.twitter.com/HN9OoiD6xX

20/06/25

Amazing performance from all of our relay teams. A huge congrats to our Year 8 & Year 10 girls and boys and our Year 9 girls relay teams for taking the win at the South Quadrant Federation Athletics! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨 Teamwork makes the dream work🥇🙌 pic.twitter.com/RuOaMaRHKh

20/06/25

Total domination from our Year 10 boys 💪🔥 Crowned South Quadrant Federation winners after smashing both track and field events! A powerhouse performance all round 👏🏼🎽 pic.twitter.com/hXqpuYjyWx

20/06/25

Year 9 girls South Quadrant Federation Athletics winners 🏆🔥 An amazing performance showing determination and resilience in their track and field events 👏🏼🎽 pic.twitter.com/8sYJagQ8ZA

16/06/25

On Friday 13th June we had an ice cream van visit HAM to reward almost 700 students for excellent and most improved attendance. Well done to all involved! 🍦🍡 pic.twitter.com/sAV44UuYeM

02/04/25

Regional Final was a blast at Ursuline HS Wimbledon Well done to our finalists: 🥇Zayd Anwar, 🥈Agathe Lambert, Ursuline High School Wimbledon 🥉Stacey Digan, Find all photos on https://t.co/rPkPTWMkOF pic.twitter.com/QxRV3SUYvr

13/11/24

Members of the our student leadership body representing at the Mitcham Remembrance day service. pic.twitter.com/kM77l97O4D

22/08/24

⭐️⭐️⭐️9 Grade 9’s⭐️⭐️⭐️ We are so proud of Rouzana! She has done amazing, such a bright future ahead 🌟 pic.twitter.com/YRhzKfCm61

22/08/24

🎉🎉🎉HARD WORK PAYS OFF🎉🎉🎉 Exceptional performance from Manuchehr, Jael, Zhuri and Erin! 20 grade 9’s between the 4 of them 🤩🤩 We are so proud of all the work that they have put in 💪#achievementissuccess pic.twitter.com/KI4R2KR18w

22/08/24

🎉🎉🎉HARD WORK PAYS OFF🎉🎉🎉 Nariana achieving a strong set of grade 9’s! We are so proud of all the work that she put in 🤩#achievementissuccess pic.twitter.com/eW6VSSaybl

15/08/24

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really proud of our students going on to University in September to study Veterinary Science, Mechanical Engineering, Palaeontology and Primary Education ⭐️⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/fpMpq9fe38

15/08/24

🎉⭐️A* A B⭐️🎉 Really proud of Maham going off to read Fashion Marketing pic.twitter.com/wicWT0moKD

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Art & Design

Year 7

 

Link: Year 7 Art & Design In Year Progression Plan

 

Assessment:  

As each students Art and Design experience can differ immensely in the first all students will explore the visual elements in Art and Design; Line, shape, space, tone, form, colour, pattern and texture. These are the building blocks by which all are works are made and will the language that will be used throughout their journey here at the Academy. 

Students will be assessed based on the depth to which they record, explore and develop ideas and the quality of the outcomes they produce. They will be graded under the following headings: limited; basic; emerging; secure; confident and exceptional skill base.

  • Limited – insufficient knowledge, understanding and skills. Minimal evidence of, and lack of structure in the development and recording of ideas.
  • Basic – some knowledge, understanding and skills demonstrated but they are simplistic and deliberate. Some structure and repetition in the development and recording of ideas.
  • Emerging Competent - knowledge, understanding and skills are generally adequate but safe
  • Secure - knowledge, understanding and skills are secure and cohesive throughout
  • Confident and Assured - knowledge, understanding and skills are effective and focused throughout
  • Exceptional - knowledge, understanding and skills are in-depth, perceptive and accomplished throughout

 

Useful revision guides: 

www.artnet.com

BBC Bitesize – GCSE Art and Design – BBC.com

Year 8

 

Link: Year 8 Art & Design In Year Progression Plan

 

Assessment:  

In Year 8 students will look in depth at how art moved toward abstraction from a more realist approach through looking closely at and experimenting with ideas from various phases within the Cubist movement. 

Students will be assessed based on the depth to which they record, explore and develop ideas and the quality of the outcomes they produce. They will be graded under the following headings: limited; basic; emerging; secure; confident and exceptional skill base.

  • Limited – insufficient knowledge, understanding and skills. Minimal evidence of, and lack of structure in the development and recording of ideas.
  • Basic – some knowledge, understanding and skills demonstrated but they are simplistic and deliberate. Some structure and repetition in the development and recording of ideas.
  • Emerging Competent - knowledge, understanding and skills are generally adequate but safe
  • Secure - knowledge, understanding and skills are secure and cohesive throughout
  • Confident and Assured - knowledge, understanding and skills are effective and focused throughout
  • Exceptional - knowledge, understanding and skills are in-depth, perceptive and accomplished throughout

 

Useful revision guides: 

www.artnet.com

BBC Bitesize – GCSE Art and Design – BBC.com

Year 9

 

Link: Year 9 Art & Design In Year Progression Plan

 

Assessment:  

Year 9 students will start to explore ways of working that relate more closely to the GCSE process of recording, developing and refining ideas culminating in a personal outcome. A theme is used as a starting point for a personal journey of expression which culminates into a personal outcome. This will give students an excellent opportunity to explore and develop a broader concept as well as help them hone those vital skills needed to solve problems and generate personal creative solutions.

Students will be assessed based on the depth to which they record, explore and develop ideas and the quality of the outcomes they produce. They will be graded under the following headings: limited; basic; emerging; secure; confident and exceptional skill base.

  • Limited – insufficient knowledge, understanding and skills. Minimal evidence of, and lack of structure in the development and recording of ideas.
  • Basic – some knowledge, understanding and skills demonstrated but they are simplistic and deliberate. Some structure and repetition in the development and recording of ideas.
  • Emerging Competent - knowledge, understanding and skills are generally adequate but safe
  • Secure - knowledge, understanding and skills are secure and cohesive throughout
  • Confident and Assured - knowledge, understanding and skills are effective and focused throughout
  • Exceptional - knowledge, understanding and skills are in-depth, perceptive and accomplished throughout

 

Useful revision guides: 

www.artnet.com

BBC Bitesize – GCSE Art and Design – BBC.com

Year 10

 

Link: Year 10 Art & Design In Year Progression Plan

Link: Exam Specification

 

Assessment:  

Students will be assessed using the following assessment objectives over two components:

  • AO1 Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources 25%
  • AO2 Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes 25%
  • AO3 Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses 25%
  • AO4 Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language 25%

Art KS4 Assessment Table

Component 1: Personal Portfolio

The Art department must devise an appropriate theme(s), project(s) or task(s) in consultation with their students. They may each have a separate focus or be interconnected. The teacher should ensure that the theme(s), project(s) or task(s) allow the students to meet all four Assessment Objectives.

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment

The Externally Set Assignment is set by Pearson and will be released on 2 January in the year of assessment. The Externally Set Assignment will be available on their secure website on 2 January, and hard copies will be dispatched based on estimated entries.

Students will be assessed using an assessment grading grid provided by the exam board which is located in the specification pages 31 through to 34.

Teachers will use this assessment grid to assess all student work for both components.

  • Refer to published visual exemplars to establish a secure understanding of how descriptors relate to practical evidence.
  • Working through each AO separately, use the bulleted descriptors in each box to determine which band the evidence meets best.
  • Use the descriptors holistically; there is not one mark available per descriptor.
  • Decide whether the evidence ‘just’ meets, ‘mostly’ meets or ‘fully’ meets the descriptors in the band to determine the appropriate mark within the band.
  • Where evidence for an AO meets descriptors from two or more different bands, a best-fit approach should be used to award the mark that corresponds most closely to the descriptors that have been met.
  • Determine a mark out of 18 for each AO and add them together for a total out of 72 for both component.

 

Curriculum Delivery Plan: 

Year 10 Students will be exploring a theme based project that will form Component 1 which is worth 60%. The Component will consist of various themed tasks that culminate in a related personal outcome at the end of year 10.

In Year11 students will be preparing for their Mock exam which will also contribute toward Component 1. This project based work will culminate in a personal outcome produced in January. Students will then receive the theme for Component 2. Following the assessment objectives: recording, developing and refining their ideas the personal outcome will be the final element of the course comprising in a 10 hour exam.

 

Useful Links: 

https://youtu.be/PIWYBMZgt8E  My GCSE Grade 9 (A**) Art & Design Coursework (FULL MARKS) 

BBC Bitesize - GCSE Art and Design - BBC.com

http://www.artnet.com/

Year 11

 

Link: Year 11 Art & Design In Year Progression Plan

Link: Exam Specification

 

Assessment:  

Students will be assessed using the following assessment objectives over two components:

  • AO1 Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources 25%
  • AO2 Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes 25%
  • AO3 Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses 25%
  • AO4 Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language 25%

 

Component 1: Personal Investigation

  • Candidates required to only complete their portfolio.
  • Component 1 weighting increased to 100%.
  • Visiting centre moderation to be replaced with remote moderation should public health restrictions necessitate.
  • Digital portfolio submission.

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment

  • Component 2 has been removed from the qualification; therefore, candidates will be awarded on their portfolio only.

Students will still be assessed using the assessment grading grid provided by the exam board which is located in the specification pages 31 through to 34.

Teachers will use this assessment grid to assess work produced only for Component 1.

 

Curriculum Delivery Plan: 

In Year11 students will continue working on Component 1 right through until the Easter break. The remaining time, during the Summer term, will be spent ensuring their Portfolio’s are ready for assessment.

 

Useful Links: 

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/art-and-design-2016/summer-2022-support.html

https://youtu.be/PIWYBMZgt8E  My GCSE Grade 9 (A**) Art & Design Coursework (FULL MARKS) 

BBC Bitesize - GCSE Art and Design - BBC.com

http://www.artnet.com/