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Edexcel Art and Design A levels

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Dutchhouse14 · 09/06/2025 13:21

Im hoping I can find someone here who will be able to help me!
DD is out of school and has an Education Otherwise than at school (EOTAS) package provided by the local authority – basically the LA pay for home tutoring, so I am unable to ask this question in a school...
She wants to go to university and study Art and is looking at Alevel choices.
She is currently doing Edexcel Art and Design Alevel following the Fine Art modules.
She would like to do an Alevel in photography, but if she did the Edxecl Art and design Alevel twice- once following the fine art modules and once following the photography modules do universities consider this 2 separate Alevels? Would the certificates both just say Art and Design?
Edexcel is the only exam board the tutoring company that the LA funds use.
Hoping there are some Art teachers on here that would know:)

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imip · 09/06/2025 16:53

I asked dd who is doing fine art a level and she is unsure, but this has caused a problem for another of my dds as the school changed exam board and she was unable to do art and textiles as they both came under the branch of fine art.

i would actually contact edexcel to get the right answer to this one.

(and amazing to have EOTAS at a-levels! I how she does well).

Dutchhouse14 · 09/06/2025 23:06

Thank you @imip@imip.
That's my concern too, it's not straight forward to understand particularly when you're not in a school setting, I've emailed edexcel and hopefully they can confirm.
Getting EOTAS has been a hard slog.

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RampantIvy · 10/06/2025 08:27

It might be worth contacting a few art departments at universities to ask.

When DD was looking at applying for medicine all the med schools said they wouldn't consider maths and further maths as two separate A levels as there was too much crossover, so it might be the same for art.

Do Edexel not do photography as a standalone A level?

LIZS · 10/06/2025 08:43

Is taking a foundation course where she can build up a broader portfolio an option?

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