Product Design offers students the opportunity to study, propose, develop and realise prototype solutions to various designing and making situations, closely related to the real world of product design and manufacture. Students will analyse different products' functions, operations, components and materials. Students will also need to consider the wider issues affecting the design decisions behind commercial products. Students will take on the role of a designer. They will build up awareness and understanding of all the issues to be considered in the planning, design, manufacture and marketing of products. They will carry out critical evaluations of existing products, explore possible design developments and create functioning prototypes. Students will be encouraged to produce high-quality products that could be seen in a given consumer market.
The basic entry requirement onto most courses is a minimum of a grade 6 at GCSE in an appropriate subject, however, those students who embark on A Level studies with a grade 7 or above are likely to find the transition much easier. In some cases there may be further restrictions e.g. a minimum of a grade 6 in Maths to do Physics. Please see the following individual subject pages for further details. Students must also have achieved at least a grade 4 in both Maths and either English Language or Literature to qualify for entry into the Sixth Form. To have studied Design and Technology at GCSE gaining at least a level 6. Level 6 in Maths is also required. Students need to be organised, committed and ready to work hard.
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Bedford |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £12,324 - £16,908 |
| Address | Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7NT |
Product Design offers students the opportunity to study, propose, develop and realise prototype solutions to various designing and making situations, closely related to the real world of product design and manufacture. Students will analyse different products' functions, operations, components and materials. Students will also need to consider the wider issues affecting the design decisions behind commercial products. Students will take on the role of a designer. They will build up awareness and understanding of all the issues to be considered in the planning, design, manufacture and marketing of products. They will carry out critical evaluations of existing products, explore possible design developments and create functioning prototypes. Students will be encouraged to produce high-quality products that could be seen in a given consumer market.
The basic entry requirement onto most courses is a minimum of a grade 6 at GCSE in an appropriate subject, however, those students who embark on A Level studies with a grade 7 or above are likely to find the transition much easier. In some cases there may be further restrictions e.g. a minimum of a grade 6 in Maths to do Physics. Please see the following individual subject pages for further details. Students must also have achieved at least a grade 4 in both Maths and either English Language or Literature to qualify for entry into the Sixth Form. To have studied Design and Technology at GCSE gaining at least a level 6. Level 6 in Maths is also required. Students need to be organised, committed and ready to work hard.