A resource to support the delivery of AQA Art, Craft and Design ESA. Includes exam topics and suggested starting points as well as contextual resources and artist links. Additional resources include assessment objective breakdown, a daily slide and an exam project worksheet. PP is editable to suit your needs

This resource is a student-friendly artist research document designed to support OCR Art & Design Component 2. It includes 5 carefully selected artists for each exam theme, with clear, accessible information to help students understand, analyse, and write about artists confidently. Themes covered: Reflections Connections Women Layers Twisting and Turning For each artist, the document includes: Clear artist information and context Focused explanations of subject matter and techniques Explicit links to the exam theme Sentence starters to scaffold written responses and support AO1 This resource is ideal for: GCSE Art (Year 10 & Year 11) Exam preparation and sketchbook development Supporting lower ability students with structured writing Encouraging independent artist research while maintaining exam relevance The format is clear, consistent, and easy to use, making it suitable for lessons, homework, or independent study.

AQA Art, craft and design 2026 This powerpoint picks apart each exam theme seperatley. It gives the exam question, some useful keywords to get students thinking, information and images for each of the artists mentioned in the paper and some extra artists that are relevant and worth considering.

This 28-slide PowerPoint is the ultimate guide for teaching ESA Component 2 (ESA 2) for the Edexcel Pearson GCSE Art and Design ‘Found’ theme (2026). It is designed to clearly support both teachers and students through the Externally Set Assignment / Component 2, with a strong focus on understanding the theme and meeting assessment requirements. It includes a range of fine artists, textile artists, photographers and sculptors. The presentation includes a clear overview of Edexcel ESA 2, critical thinking and reflection prompts throughout, and an engaging starter activity to help students confidently begin their project. It introduces 21 detailed artist profiles, covering key areas: ‘Found: People’, ‘Found: Possessions’, ‘Found: Human-made’, ‘Found: Environment’ and ‘Found: Natural World’ giving students a wide range of visual and conceptual inspiration. At the end of the presentation, there is a structured mind-map template to support idea generation, as well as an overview of how to meet each assessment objective, making this a complete, end-to-end teaching resource. This PowerPoint provides a structured, engaging, and specification-focused approach, making it an essential and comprehensive guide for teaching ESA 2: Found (2026). Disclaimer: This is a personal, original resource created to support students in Art & Design Component 2 preparation, including research and idea development. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official Pearson product. Enjoy my resources, and if you like them, please leave a review :)

Starting point for the Art and Design GCSE 2026 component 2 Edexcel Pearson theme “Found” Mindmap, examples and Project proposal step by step. While this is specifically tailored for Textiles it is applicable for other subjects like Fine Art and Photography also. It is not a full Project PowerPoint - it’s only for the starting point.

Fully equipped 25 page guide for GCSE students taking AQA Art and Design: 3D Design based on product design - DT teachers who have moved to this specification to give pupils an opportunity to capture what Design and Technology used to be. Pages include course plans and overviews, annotation guides, sources guides, how to design using different materials, modelling, card, assessment objective descriptors and WAGOLLs, checklist page and AQA assessment guidelines for minimal, moderate and exceptional ability.

I have created a huge PowerPoint presentation with over 45 starter or plenary activities for your art classes. The activities are all art-related and can be used in KS3 or KS4 art lessons, either as entry tasks, starters, plenaries or exit questions. Sometimes I put the question on the board at the start of the lesson then come back to it at the end. The slides are made up of questions, challenges, thought prompts, image analysis, riddles, true or false competitions, thunks and more. Some are very general so can be used across any class or topic, and some are more specific and related to different art movements - for example, Pop Art or Graffiti. You can use the slides to generate discussion or have students discuss things in groups/pairs etc. I have made them to be as adaptable to your lessons/teaching as possible.

46 pages of artists and mood boards (with keywords) for all the titles in the 2026 AQA GCSE Art, Crafts and Design paper. Artist names highlighted in yellow are the artists mentioned by AQA in the exam paper. Document provided is a PDF as well as a PowerPoint for you to edit and select artists as you wish.

This is a word document of the assessment grid from AQA all on one A3 page. e have them printed and laminated at our school and are very helpful for both staff and pupils when performing assessments. This version has the rounded up grade boundaries on from the 2018 exams.

A series of design movement worksheets I have created for use in my lessons. I use these alongside the NCFE Level 1/2 in Graphic Design, however they would work well in KS3 and GCSE curriculum, perhaps as a homework task. Would suit Art & Design, Graphic Design and Design Technology subject areas. Have also uploaded some more Art based worksheets of the same style.

A brilliant resource : AQA GCSE student friendly mark-sheet combined with taxonomy. It is relevant to the current grade 1 to 9, with numbering up to 24 for each assessment objective. A invaluable resource to use with students to mark their own Art & Design work.

A resource to support the delivery of AQA 3D Design ESA. Includes exam topics and suggested starting points as well as contextual resources and artist links. Additional resources include assessment objective breakdown, a daily slide and an exam project worksheet. PP is editable to suit your needs

This Resource includes 2 different A3 worksheets in which students need to design an app based on a specified brief. Each sheet has several tasks and there is more than enough work for 2-3 lessons. An excellent extension for these tasks is to get students to create hi-fidelity mockups of their Apps on Microsoft Powerpoint. This worksheet works well for years 7-11 and can be used across DT, ICT, Art and Graphics.

Fully editable, comprehensive 40-slide PPT resource designed to introduce students to some GCSE Art and Design AQA 2026 themes - ‘FINE ART’ (7 in total). Each theme comes with a mood board packed with associated words and starting points to inspire creativity, alongside 4–6 detailed artist profiles featuring in-depth information, high-quality images, and helpful links. I have included the following themes; Nature Isolation Movement Interiors Time Magnificent Lost & Found Students will also engage with a starter activity that shows just how easy it is to connect their ideas to each theme. Some artist profiles are drawn from another resource, ‘FOUND (2026): A Complete Guide to GCSE Art and Design ESA C2’ for transparency. This resource is perfect for launching a new project, sparking discussion, and helping students feel confident exploring the new AQA themes. If you like my resources, please leave a review! :)

Here is my timeplan and overview for students to use to assist in the planning of the Externally set assignment. We cover the AQA specification however this can be used for any of the exam board (WJEC/ Edexcel etc) This can help in planning and structuring the tasks students need to do in order to fulfill the assessment criteria for Art & Design: Fine Art/Art craft design. I have a seperate document available for GCSE Photography Fully editable

Creative KS3 Art worksheet where students explore graffiti lettering styles and design their own name using bold, colourful street art techniques. This engaging activity introduces pupils to the basics of graffiti and street art, using visual examples to inspire their own lettering. Students practise sketching letterforms before developing a final, stylised version of their name. Pupils will: Practise copying a range of graffiti lettering styles Experiment with shape, outline, and form Add colour, gradients, and blending techniques Develop 3D effects, shadows, and highlights Create a final graffiti-style version of their own name Ideal for: KS3 Art & Design Cover lessons or low-prep lessons Introducing street art and typography Developing creativity and confidence in drawing

Updated version of previous pdf worksheet with amendments and corrections.

A selection of resources perfect for an assessment folder which provides the ‘big picture’ student friendly assessment objective checklist and feedback sheet. ALL ADAPTABLE TO SUIT

Aboriginal Art Boomerang Design Sheet perfect for Primary or Ks3 pupils either as part of a project, stand alone lesson or cover work.

PowerPoint with information about a range of careers within the creative industries. Includes information about job requirements, responsibilities , hours and salary. Useful for tutorials or lessons on career planning.

This is a selection of images and objects for students to work out what objects are and to think outside the box. I use these as little starters to get students to think visually as soon as they come in the room. There is also images of everyday objects for students to think of other uses forcing them to be creative and inventive.