The distinguishing feature of Product Design is its practical nature. Knowledge and understanding is not to be acquired purely for its own sake, but in order to apply it to the solution of practical problems which arise in everyday life and in industrial and commercial contexts. Underpinning all learning are the designing and making skills that make use of knowledge and understanding in order to produce outcomes which solve a problem and satisfy a design brief. Product Design offers candidates the opportunity to study, propose and realise prototype solutions to design problems, using similar methods to those used in the real world of product manufacture and graphic design.
Pupils embarking on Product Design are expected to have achieved a grade 6 or higher in Design and Technology at GCSE level. However, exceptions are considered on a case-by-case basis if a grade 6 has not been achieved or the pupil has not studied Design and Technology at GCSE. You need to have a good English and Maths result at GCSE or equivalent. It is important that pupils are genuinely interested in learning and discovering how products and artefacts are designed and manufactured. The study of Product Design should be of interest to those students who wish to broaden their GCSE course. Other subjects that compliment Product Design are Physics, Maths and Art. However, students may wish to choose Product Design as a contrasting subject to a wide range of other choices.
There are three units that make up the qualification as follows: • Paper 1 Technical principles – this is a 2½ hour written which accounts for 30% of the overall grade. • Paper 2 Design and making principles – this is a 1½ hour written which accounts for 20% of the overall grade. • Non-examined Assessment Design and Make Project – as described above, this requires the pupils to produce a design portfolio and practical outcome for a client and is worth 50% of the overall grade.
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| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Wiltshire |
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| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £9,747 - £19,521 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £9,747 - £19,521 |
| Address | Church Street, Warminster, Warminster, BA12 8PJ |
The distinguishing feature of Product Design is its practical nature. Knowledge and understanding is not to be acquired purely for its own sake, but in order to apply it to the solution of practical problems which arise in everyday life and in industrial and commercial contexts. Underpinning all learning are the designing and making skills that make use of knowledge and understanding in order to produce outcomes which solve a problem and satisfy a design brief. Product Design offers candidates the opportunity to study, propose and realise prototype solutions to design problems, using similar methods to those used in the real world of product manufacture and graphic design.
Pupils embarking on Product Design are expected to have achieved a grade 6 or higher in Design and Technology at GCSE level. However, exceptions are considered on a case-by-case basis if a grade 6 has not been achieved or the pupil has not studied Design and Technology at GCSE. You need to have a good English and Maths result at GCSE or equivalent. It is important that pupils are genuinely interested in learning and discovering how products and artefacts are designed and manufactured. The study of Product Design should be of interest to those students who wish to broaden their GCSE course. Other subjects that compliment Product Design are Physics, Maths and Art. However, students may wish to choose Product Design as a contrasting subject to a wide range of other choices.
There are three units that make up the qualification as follows: • Paper 1 Technical principles – this is a 2½ hour written which accounts for 30% of the overall grade. • Paper 2 Design and making principles – this is a 1½ hour written which accounts for 20% of the overall grade. • Non-examined Assessment Design and Make Project – as described above, this requires the pupils to produce a design portfolio and practical outcome for a client and is worth 50% of the overall grade.