Why choose Btec - Diploma Art, Design

Why choose Btec -Diploma Foundation Studies-Art, Design and Media Practice @ Ferndown?

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A Btec National Diploma in Foundation Studies-Art, Design and Media Practice, acts as a stepping stone between A Levels and Degree courses.

At Ferndown, we have been transforming A Level students into degree ready creative practitioners since 1999.

Our students regularly out perform other centres at distinction

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The Foundation Studies course is free for those aged 18 at the start of the course in September and all students receive a free art kit and sketchbook on joining as well as a dedicated studio space and open access to a range of facilities across the Art & Technology Faculty.

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We also run a subsidised residential visit each yearto London, where over the course of four days, we try and see 15-18 exhibitions of internationally renowned Art, Craft and Design. Not only so that students are inspired and informed by what they see, but we use the visit as a starting point for a project that they can directly reference when they go for interviews.

The course consists of two parts that share the same grading criteria.

• Investigate• Experimentation• Evaluation and review• Realisation• Communication• Self-directed practice

An Exploratory phase that consists of six projects, where experimentation and skill development are key, leading to pathway investigation, application and portfolio preparation.

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Then onto a Confirmatory phase, where students devise their own Final Major Project, exhibit to the public and are summatively assessed as Pass, Merit or Distinction.

At Ferndown we pride ourselves that our students consistently achieve above the national average at Distinction level and many are accepted onto their first choice degree places.

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At Ferndown, we are fortunate to benefit from the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation, which gives students the opportunity to apply for material bursaries and travel scholarships, which have allowed Foundation students purchase specific equipment and to travel to India and Japan in recent years, to directly inform their Final Project.

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At Ferndown, we pride ourselves on the hands on personal support and expertise that we can offer students in developing their creative potential, enabling them to construct impressive and varied portfolios for interview and accessing the right progression route into Higher Education.

Of those students who apply for HE degree courses, 100% have been successful in recent years.

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As part of the pastoral support that we provide during the course, we have a network of Alumni who not only return to give talks about their own creative journey, but also a ready email address book of former students who are always more than happy to offer real advice and feedback about a huge range of courses that our students have progressed onto and excelled on.

FUS Destinations 2016 BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design Level3/4

Amelia Goode

Manchester Met. University

BA (hons) Textiles Design

Josie Keyms-Burgess

Arts University Bournemouth

BA (hons) Photography

Harriet Tyas



Sophie Percy

Brighton University

BA (hons) Fine Art: Printmaking

Mairead O'Connel1


BA (hons) Fine Art

Alana Conway

Manchester Met. University

BA (hons) Fine Art

Lakeisha Douch

London College of Communication


Jasmine Bartlett

University of the Creative Arts

BA (hons) Fine Art

Haylee Nugent


BA (hons) Fine Art

Samantha King


BA (hons) Interior Architecture

Amelia Perryman

De Montfort University

BA (hons) Contour Fashion

Amber Turner

Manchester Met University

BA Fine Art and Art History

Kelly Perks


BA (hons) Fine Art

Elinor Jones


BA (hons) Fine Art

Alex Banfield

Brighton University


Chantelle Nuttall


BA (hons) Illustration

Boonchanutta Deetai

Brighton University

BA (hons) Interior Architecture

Annabel Cox



Heidi Mercieca

Central St. Martins

BA (hons) Fine Art

Shola Pitman

Central St. Martins

BA (hons) Fine Art

Brandie Tuttiett

London College of Fashion

BA (hons) Costume for Performance

Aimee Page

Winchester School of Art

BA (hons) Fashion & Textiles

Phoebe Green

University of Cardiff

BSc (hons) Architecture

Travis Mills



FUS Destinations 2017

BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design Level3/4


BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design Level3/4Chloe Osborne

Manchester Met University

BA Fine Art

Ellie Chappell


BA (hons) Fine Art

Emily Spicer


BA (hons) Fine Art

Katie Foot


BA (hons) 3D Animation

Geri Harold

De Montfort University

BA (hons) Contour Fashion

Katy Philpot



James Arthur

University of the West of England


Rosie Alborough


BA (hons) Fine Art

Olivia Goldsmith



Danika Whitcher


BA (hons) Fine Art

FUS Destinations 2019 BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design Level3/4

Nicola Borrett



Phoebe Carter


BA (hons) Graphic Design

Jannat Firdaus


BA (hons) Textiles

Aleksandra Dyka



Jodie Ramsier



Kiera Walton


BA (hons) Games Art Design

Joshua Miles

Central St. Martins

BA (hons) Product Design

Adam Summers

University of Cardiff

BSc (hons) Architecture

Charlie Smith



Lauren Guest

Nottingham Trent University

BA (hons) Theatre Design

Eloise Moss

University of Portsmouth



BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design Level3/4

Zoe KnightUniversity of BrightonBA (hons) Moving Image

Jake KillgallonUniversity of PortsmouthBA (hons) Illustration

Megan CliftFalmouth UniversityBA (hons) Textiles

Holly SmithUniversity of the Creative ArtsBA (hons) Fashion

Lydia TomkowUniversity of the Creative ArtsBA (hons) Fine Art

Rebecca CheveralNottingham Trent UniversityBA (hons) Fashion Design

Ellen PaytnerUniversity of PortsmouthBA (hons) Animation

Helena Gifford University of Brighton BA (hons) Textiles

Poppy WellsUniversity of BrightonBA (hons) Photography

Lynda BilesNew College of the Humanities BA (hons) English with Art History

Annabel RoddWinchester School of ArtBA (hons) Fashion

Zoe KilpatrickNottingham Trent UniversityBA (hons) Design for Stage & Film

Bethia ReevesLondon College of FashionBA (hons) Creative Direction in Fashion

For more information and an application form please go to https://sixthform.fernup.dorset.sch.uk/courses/foundation-art/foundation-art-application/

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