Key Stage 3 Art Lessons | Online Courses

Pupils benefit from a fully qualified expert art and design teacher, live lessons via our interactive online classroom, feedback on all completed artwork and one to one tutorials when required. In common with teachers in traditional schools, OCAD teachers use a variety of resources including their own teacher approved selection of YouTube videos showing how particular skills can be improved.

Individual years can be purchased to best suit your child's needs and learning plan. The course offers a flexible approach which allows pupils either to follow the default online programme or work through an individual programme more suited to their preferences and skill set.

The programme fully prepares pupils for progression to GCSE / IGCSE / Level 2 exam courses. It also guarantees pupils automatic enrolment on to OCAD IGCSE / Level 2 courses.

Entry requirements

To study Key Stage 3 Art and Design online with OCAD, students must meet the following requirements:

Be aged 10 - 14 years
No previous art or design qualifications required.
As this is an online course students must have access to a computer with internet, as well as basic art materials.

Study Options

Our online Key Stage 3 Art course is available year round, to suit your child’s learning pathway.

The annual fee pays for three 12 week terms irrespective of when pupils begin their course.

Accreditation and Progression

Study art with OCAD leaves students with a fully accredited qualification, putting them in the perfect position to continue their art education.

Accreditation: ABC Awards
Ofqual Regulated: Yes (Ofqual Code 501/2278/2)
Progression: to Level 2 Art & Design or IGCSE

Additional Course Information

Tuition: Expert fully qualified art and design teacher plus one to one – unlimited support via one to one tutorials.

Pupils are enthusiastically and expertly taught by a fully qualified art and design teacher via our LIVE interactive online classroom. We follow the national curriculum for art, giving students unlimited opportunity for the development of skills whilst keeping them engaged through interactive activities and fun lessons.

Additionally, pupils receive access to their own online studio where they can work through their course. Tasks and lessons are listed along with supporting resources, video tutorials for skills development, step-by-step guides and other resources to help students get the most out of their KS3 Art and Design course. Photographs of students’ completed work are uploaded to their college e-portfolio for assessment and constructive, friendly written feedback on how to progress. Students social and communication skills may also benefit from relationships with their fellow online students as they can view profiles and comment on each other's art work if they wish.

Year one: (3 x 12 week terms) pupils will work towards attaining BASIC skills and gain confidence in drawing, painting and sculpture.
Year two: (3 x 12 week terms) pupils will work towards attaining COMPETENT skills and gain confidence in drawing, painting and sculpture.
Year three: (3 x 12 week terms) pupils will work towards attaining CONFIDENT skills and gain confidence in drawing, painting and sculpture.

Pupils will also make connections between their own work and the work of other artists and designers. In years two and three pupils will use their new skills, knowledge and understanding more independently to express their own ideas and feelings and they will begin to annotate their work.

The full 3 year programme FULLY prepares pupils for progression to Level 2 /GCSE / IGCSE exam courses.