Specification/Exam Board: Edexcel

Entry requirements : Grade C* or above in CCEA GCSE Technology and Design.

Equipping students with design skills for the future – Students will be able to recognise design needs and develop an understanding of how current global issues, including integrating technology, impacts on today’s world.

Encourages creativity and innovation – At A level students will have the confidence to innovate and produce creative design solutions as they develop their own design brief with a client/end user.

Content and assessment overview

The Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Design and Technology (Product Design) consists of one externally-examined paper and one non-examined assessment component.

All aspects of the above coursework is linear and is completed at the end of Year 14.