This A-Level course will build upon previous knowledge learnt at GCSE and prepare students with designing skills for their future. It will equip them with high-level skills in recognising the design needs of other people and develop an understanding of how current global issues, including integrating technology, impacts on today’s world.
Grade 5 or above for GCSE Product Design or Merit and above from a vocational engineering course. Grade 5 in GCSE English Language or Literature and a grade 5 in GCSE Maths. If you wish to study the A-Level without sitting Product Design GCSE, this is permissible as long as you have achieved a grade 5 or above in another Design & Technology related subject.
Two-year course Coursework: 50% Written theory exam: 50% (remove spacing) The theory papers will include open and short-ended questions as well as extended writing questions testing the students’ knowledge of materials, product analysis, health and safety, the wider impacts of design and industrial and commercial practice. The theory papers will also include a 15% mathematical element.
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Bracknell Forest |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Grant Road, Crowthorne, RG45 7HZ |
This A-Level course will build upon previous knowledge learnt at GCSE and prepare students with designing skills for their future. It will equip them with high-level skills in recognising the design needs of other people and develop an understanding of how current global issues, including integrating technology, impacts on today’s world.
Grade 5 or above for GCSE Product Design or Merit and above from a vocational engineering course. Grade 5 in GCSE English Language or Literature and a grade 5 in GCSE Maths. If you wish to study the A-Level without sitting Product Design GCSE, this is permissible as long as you have achieved a grade 5 or above in another Design & Technology related subject.
Two-year course Coursework: 50% Written theory exam: 50% (remove spacing) The theory papers will include open and short-ended questions as well as extended writing questions testing the students’ knowledge of materials, product analysis, health and safety, the wider impacts of design and industrial and commercial practice. The theory papers will also include a 15% mathematical element.