The externally set assignment

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Scope and current instructions

An externally set assignment responds to a board-provided starting point under the relevant qualification’s conditions. This overview uses AQA as an example rather than certifying a universal GCSE, Welsh GCSE or International GCSE timetable.
Read the actual paper, current exam-series guidance and centre instructions. No annual confidential questions, current candidate work or prescribed outcome is supplied in this lesson.

Check the actual assessment

Choosing and preparing an enquiry

Select an interest with accessible sources and practical potential. Consider time, facilities and suitable materials alongside skills; familiar local objects or places can support an enquiry without expensive travel.
Investigate relevant sources, record observations and compare purposeful trials. A large number of pages, media or artist names is not the goal by itself; explain how the evidence informs a decision.

Choose an achievable enquiry

Source roles and truthful evidence

Direct observation can record a subject first-hand, while books and websites can contain original records, reproductions or later interpretations. Identify what a source supplies for the actual enquiry.
Credit sources and distinguish your observations, studies and assessed making. Do not present another person’s work, an unperformed experiment or an invented observation as your own practical evidence.

A scoped AQA supervision example

The current AQA arrangement uses ten supervised hours; the first two are consecutive and the centre arranges the remaining sessions. It is not a universal two-day requirement. Preparation stops when supervision begins, although it may be consulted.
Do not amend the preparation or add assessed making between sessions or after the permitted time. The work is secured by the centre. Check the current rules for your own qualification rather than transfer this example automatically.

AQA example: stage boundaries

Material and recording logistics

Plan the response with appropriate material stages, available facilities and the taught safe processes. Drying, assembly and technical support need the centre’s approved arrangements rather than an improvised extra-work exception.
Confirm permitted devices, digital access and progress recording before the assessed sessions. A photo records one view and may omit surface or movement; the advice to document does not grant unrestricted internet, personal-phone or later-editing access.

Confirm material and recording logistics

Assessment objectives and coherent change

Develop, refine, record and present are convenient shorthand for connected objectives. Evidence should show how sources, trials, observations and decisions contribute to a personal response rather than fill four compulsory pages.
A new outcome may look different from early sketches and still be coherent when the development is clear. A response may involve related outcomes or different formats where the qualification permits; it is not always one final painting.

Connected assessment evidence

Independent decisions and permitted support

The student owns the creative decisions within the assessment conditions. Approved access arrangements or authorised technical and safety support differ from another person designing or making the assessed work.
Check practical issues before the sessions and follow the centre’s instructions if a problem arises. Do not assume independence requires unsafe equipment use or that an informal helper can change the creative response.

Keep responsibility clear

An achievable plan and submission

The invented worn-surface example links an accessible observation, two compatible trials and a practical decision. It is a general classroom example, not a claim about the annual assignment paper.
Plan permitted presentation and reflection within the actual arrangements, then submit only authorised evidence. Keep deadlines and authorship clear instead of assuming a later evaluation or extra home session can be added.

An invented planning example

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1.What is the externally set assignment?
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- Aa response to a board-provided starting point under that qualification’s assessment rules
- Ba written essay
- Ca quiz
- Da drawing lesson
2.What is a starting point?
Easy
- Aa final piece
- Ba tool
- Ca frame
- Da theme, image or word that begins your project
3.What is the preparation period?
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- Aexam time
- Bmarking time
- Cthe authorised development stage before the supervised component
- Da rest period
4.What is supervised time?
Easy
- Adisplay time
- Bspecified sessions for independent assessed work under the required conditions
- Cfree time
- Dmarking time
5.What should your sketchbook show?
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- Arelevant observations, trials, source connections and decisions
- Bonly finished pieces
- Conly photos
- Dnothing
6.Why choose a starting point you can research?
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- Ato avoid research
- Bto avoid ideas
- Cto avoid work
- Dto build an achievable enquiry with accessible, appropriate sources
7.For studying the form of an object, which record is clearly first-hand observation?
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- Aan uncredited image copied without its source
- Ban imagined observation reported as something actually seen
- Cyour drawing made while looking at the actual object
- Da later essay about another object
8.Why plan the supervised time?
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- Ato copy
- Bto use the hours effectively
- Cto waste time
- Dto avoid work

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9.In the AQA example, which is appropriate during the supervised sessions?
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- Awork independently on the assessed response using permitted preparatory references
- Badd new pages to the preparatory studies
- Ccontinue assessed work at home between sessions
- Dask someone else to make part of the outcome
10.When photography is permitted by the centre’s assessment arrangements, why might a progress record be useful?
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- Ato waste time
- Bto avoid making
- Cto hide work
- Dto document a stage or view that may not remain visible
11.Why plan any required presentation or reflection within the permitted assessment arrangements?
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- Ato hide work
- Bto avoid review
- Cso the response can be considered and submitted without unauthorised later additions
- Dto avoid finishing
12.Which is a good brainstorming outcome?
Medium
- Aa final painting
- Brelevant possibilities with a reason to investigate selected ones
- Cthe largest number of words regardless of their relevance
- Da blank page
13.Why experiment during preparation?
Medium
- Ato find effective techniques for your idea
- Bto avoid planning
- Cto hide ideas
- Dto copy
14.What does 'coherent' mean for your work?
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- Arandom
- Bincomplete
- Chidden
- Dit is logically connected
15.How can you show contextual research?
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- Aavoid artists
- Bignore context
- Cstudy artists and annotate links to your work
- Dcopy their names
16.Why avoid leaving work until the last moment?
Medium
- Ait removes risk
- Brushing may leave too little time to test, organise or resolve practical issues
- Cit improves quality
- Dit gives extra time
17.Which shorthand describes the four assessment objectives discussed in this lesson?
Medium
- Adevelop, refine, record, present
- Bwrite, read, listen, speak
- Cdraw, paint, print, sculpt
- Dplan, make, sell, test
18.A new outcome looks different from the early sketches. What should the evidence explain?
Medium
- Awhy every change of direction is forbidden
- Bwhy neatness alone establishes development
- Cwhy no source or trial can ever be relevant
- Dhow decisions and investigation connect the change with the intention
19.Why consider available skills, materials and facilities when selecting a starting point?
Medium
- Ato avoid media
- Bto copy
- Cto choose an achievable enquiry while allowing appropriate further learning
- Dto avoid skill
20.In permitted supervised work, how can a student review the assessed response as it develops?
Medium
- Aedit secured preparatory work between sessions
- Bcompare its effect with the intention and make their own allowed decisions
- Cseek someone else’s creative correction of the work
- Dtake it home for extra making time
21.Why keep notes during the assignment?
Medium
- Ato record decisions and reflect
- Bto waste time
- Cto hide ideas
- Dto avoid review
22.What is an outcome?
Easy
- Aonly an oil painting in every subject title
- Bonly a drawing larger than every earlier study
- Conly a framed object with no digital element
- Da realised response or related responses informed by development
23.What is a plan for the supervised time?
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- Aa poster
- Ba paint
- Ca realistic proposed sequence including material and time needs
- Da drawing
24.What is risk assessment in art?
Medium
- Ajudging price
- Bidentifying hazards and suitable controls for the actual materials and tools
- Cjudging colour
- Djudging composition
25.What does 'independent' mean?
Medium
- Amaking and owning the creative decisions within the permitted assessment support
- Bworking in a group only
- Ccopying
- Dnot working
26.In the scoped AQA example, the student selects one starting point from the paper.
Easy
True or false?
27.The preparation period is used for research and development.
Easy
True or false?
28.In the AQA example, students may restart preparatory studies at home between supervised sessions.
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True or false?
29.An approved progress photograph can record a stage, but it does not automatically show every aspect of the work.
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True or false?
30.The assignment needs no planning.
Medium
True or false?
31.Which can contribute to purposeful preparation within the applicable rules?
Medium
- Abrainstorming
- Bresearch
- Cexperiments
- Dplanning
- Euncredited work made by another person and claimed as your own
32.Which actions fit independent work in the scoped supervised example?
Medium
- Ause permitted preparatory references without editing them
- Breview the assessed response against the intention
- Cmanage available session time
- Dfollow approved recording and material procedures
- Econtinue assessed work at home between sessions
33.Outline a preparation plan for an externally set assignment, including how you would check that the proposal fits the applicable assessment arrangements.
Medium

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