International GCSE
Art and Design
Five endorsed-title awards listed for June 2027 only
The 2026/2027 International GCSE entry manual p.5 lists 4FA1, 4GC1, 4PY1, 4TE1 and 4TD1 with ordinary and T options, all No in November 2026 and Yes in June 2027. The specification p.11 (physical19) explicitly says that each entered endorsed title receives a separate International GCSE grade.
StudyForA coverage: Planned
Original teaching and guided, independent and application practice have not yet been mapped for this entry. Official links below are resources, not completed StudyForA lessons.
Specialist review is pending. Self-check answers are learning support, not official exam marks or proof of mastery. Practical, oral, performance and coursework requirements, where applicable, need appropriate teacher or centre supervision and assessment.
Examination-year entries: 2026–2027
Pearson Qualifications Information Manual 2026/2027 - International GCSE · pages 5 ↗
These entries were checked on 2026-10-17. Confirm the current rules and your centre’s eligibility before making an examination entry.
Award codes and required units
- 4FA1 · Art and Design: Fine Art · International GCSE
4FA1/01 Personal Portfolio and 4FA1/02 Externally-set Assignment in the same endorsed title; each component contributes 50%. T is the listed option for carrying forward Component 1.
Listed award series: June 2027.
Teaching: Planned.
- 4GC1 · Art and Design: Graphic Communication · International GCSE
4GC1/01 Personal Portfolio and 4GC1/02 Externally-set Assignment in the same endorsed title; each component contributes 50%. T is the listed option for carrying forward Component 1.
Listed award series: June 2027.
Teaching: Planned.
- 4PY1 · Art and Design: Photography · International GCSE
4PY1/01 Personal Portfolio and 4PY1/02 Externally-set Assignment in the same endorsed title; each component contributes 50%. T is the listed option for carrying forward Component 1.
Listed award series: June 2027.
Teaching: Planned.
- 4TE1 · Art and Design: Textile Design · International GCSE
4TE1/01 Personal Portfolio and 4TE1/02 Externally-set Assignment in the same endorsed title; each component contributes 50%. T is the listed option for carrying forward Component 1.
Listed award series: June 2027.
Teaching: Planned.
- 4TD1 · Art and Design: Three-dimensional Design · International GCSE
4TD1/01 Personal Portfolio and 4TD1/02 Externally-set Assignment in the same endorsed title; each component contributes 50%. T is the listed option for carrying forward Component 1.
Listed award series: June 2027.
Teaching: Planned.
Paper and unit entry options
- 4FA1 · Art and Design: Fine Art (Papers 1 & 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4FA1 · T · Art and Design: Fine Art (Paper 1 transferred from previous series, and Paper 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4GC1 · Art and Design: Graphic Communication (Papers 1 & 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4GC1 · T · Art and Design: Graphic Communication (Paper 1 transferred from previous series, and Paper 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4PY1 · Art and Design: Photography (Papers 1 & 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4PY1 · T · Art and Design: Photography (Paper 1 transferred from previous series, and Paper 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4TE1 · Art and Design: Textile Design (Papers 1 & 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4TE1 · T · Art and Design: Textile Design (Paper 1 transferred from previous series, and Paper 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4TD1 · Art and Design: Three-dimensional Design (Papers 1 & 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4TD1 · T · Art and Design: Three-dimensional Design (Paper 1 transferred from previous series, and Paper 2)
Listed series: June 2027.
- These rows are checked against the November 2026/June 2027 manual window. Each option lists its own series; no later availability is inferred.
- Entry availability does not establish individual eligibility or a centre's willingness/capacity to enter the candidate. Private-candidate eligibility and approved-centre arrangements remain unverified.
- Teaching and books remain incomplete; specialist approval and formal assessment validation remain incomplete.
- A transferred option carries forward the component specified in the entry-table title from a previous series; the manual p.2 requires retaking all written units for a linear retake. This review does not establish an individual candidate's carry-forward eligibility.
- Art portfolio and practical assignment requirements, materials, supervision and submission cannot be satisfied by merely listing the award. Site teaching, centre provision and formal assessment remain unverified.
- Endorsed titles are counted as five awards here only because both the separate subject-code list and the explicit separate-grade statement confirm their award identities. T entries are transfer options, not additional awards.
- The manual uses the term Papers 1 and 2; the specification calls them Component 1 Personal Portfolio and Component 2 Externally-set Assignment. Both descriptions refer to the same two-component structure.
Specification edition checked
Official specification · Issue 2 ↗
Issue 2, June 2017. Award identities, components and assessment constraints checked on physical pages 14, 15, 19, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 59. Full syllabus-topic teaching, practice and book mapping remain incomplete.
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