Design and Technology (Product Design)

Assessment

Paper 1: Technical principles How it's assessed? • Written exam: 2 hours and 30 minutes • 120 marks • 30% of A-level Questions: A mixture of short answers and extended responses. Paper 2: Designing and making principles How it's assessed? • Written exam: 1 hour and 30 minutes • 80 marks • 20% of A-level Questions: A mixture of short answer and extended response questions. Section A: • Product Analysis: 30 marks • Up to 6 short answer questions based on visual stimulus of product(s) Section B: • Commercial manufacture: 50 marks • Mixture of short and extended response questions Non-examined assessment (NEA): Practical application of technical principles, designing and making principles. How it's assessed? • Substantial design and make project – you as the student set the context you design within. • 100 marks • 50% of A-level Evidence: Written or digital design portfolio and photographic evidence of the final prototype. This qualification is linear, so you will sit all your Paper 1 and Paper 2 and submit all your non-examined assessments (NEA) at the end of the course.