Year 11 – Design and Technology

Head of Subject: Mr T Hancock

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Intended Outcomes

GCSE NEA: Students will use previously established knowledge and skills to complete an exploration into a contextual challenge. 

 

GCSE THEORY – Students will continue to enhance their knowledge and understanding of how products are designed and made both commercially and for prototype development. 

  • Course Implementation

    GCSE NEA 

     

     

    Students will complete a portfolio of work as they explore and pursue a contextual challenge. In line with the AQA specification, students must research, design, develop and manufacture a working prototype for a design problem that they have identified. Students will be assessed at the end of the unit once they have submitted their entire NEA portfolio. This will be assessed using the GCSE Specification outlined from AQA. 

    GCSE Theory 

     

     

    Students will be taught the GCSE specification content during single lessons throughout the academic year. They will have to explore and understand a variety of specialised commercial manufacturing processes, sustainability issues, ethical and moral design implications and much more. Students will be assessed at two points, formally, through the year using trial examinations along with many past exam questions during lesson time. They will also receive regular feedback through formative feedback after lesson assessments. 

Learning Impact

The NEA will not be marked until the end of Year 11 to allow students to keep adding to their work after receiving generic oral feedback as appropriate, and in line with JCQ guidelines for all subjects with an NEA. Students will be assessed via a written 2-hour examination at the end of Year 11 and combined with the NEA mark to give an overall grade. Apart from end of year NEA and end of year examination, assessments will be reported to parent/carers through the relevant data drop and Parents’ Evenings, with half-termly communication of end-of-unit assessment data for students who are under-performing.

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