Key Stage 5

AS Level

DT1 (Exam)

Including topics like:

• Designing and Innovation
• Product Analysis
• Materials and components
• Industrial and commercial practice.

DT2 (Design and Make it task)

A major project that is a development of a focused practical task done in lessons. The project will be student led, with the creation of an independent design brief. Students will create their own ideas, from the birth of a design concept and purpose, right through to a finished manufactured product.

A2 Level

DT3 (Exam)

Including all AS topics and the following:

• Human Responsibility
• Marketing and research
• Processes
• Production systems and control

DT4 (Design and Make it task)

A major project that is a development of a focused practical task done in lessons. The project will be teacher led, working from a set design brief.
Students will create their own ideas, but design and make a product that meets the criteria of the established design brief from concept through to a finished manufactured product.
Outline of course content:

This course incorporates practical skills, design capabilities and the understanding and application of design principles, to create food products with a purpose for the world in which we live. It builds on the Design and Technology curriculum throughout the College, and from the skills learned in the Food and Catering curriculum of KS3 and GCSE.

Students experiment with different foods, ingredients and techniques to create products with a wide range of possible outcomes. The course will be mainly hands-on and creative, so keen, expressive cooking is important, and the ability to embrace alternative ideas is essential. Students develop real products for potential markets and devise commercial production and marketing strategies to implement their potential manufacture.