The famous industrial designer Charles Eames once said “Design should bring the most of the best to the greatest number of people for the least”. A-Level Product Design at Foxford endeavours to equip students with necessary skills and technical knowledge to make Eames’ ideal a reality. The course has a substantial alumni of past design students that have captured a passion for design and continued to follow that career path at university. If you are curious about how things work, always see a way of improving existing products and want to shape the future of design, then this is the course for you. This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course. 1. Core technical principles 2. Core designing and making principles 3. Additional specialist knowledge
Five 9-4 grades at GCSE including a minimum of a grade 6 in Product Design
Component 1 - written exam Core technical principles and core designing and making principles. How it’s assessed - written exam 3 hours, 100 marks, 50% of A level. Component 2 - non-exam assessment Practical application of technical principles, designing and making principles and specialist knowledge. How it’s assessed - substantial design and make task, 80 hours, 100 marks, 50% of A level. Evidence - written or digital design portfolio and a practical outcome.
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Coventry |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Grange Road, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6BB |
The famous industrial designer Charles Eames once said “Design should bring the most of the best to the greatest number of people for the least”. A-Level Product Design at Foxford endeavours to equip students with necessary skills and technical knowledge to make Eames’ ideal a reality. The course has a substantial alumni of past design students that have captured a passion for design and continued to follow that career path at university. If you are curious about how things work, always see a way of improving existing products and want to shape the future of design, then this is the course for you. This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course. 1. Core technical principles 2. Core designing and making principles 3. Additional specialist knowledge
Five 9-4 grades at GCSE including a minimum of a grade 6 in Product Design
Component 1 - written exam Core technical principles and core designing and making principles. How it’s assessed - written exam 3 hours, 100 marks, 50% of A level. Component 2 - non-exam assessment Practical application of technical principles, designing and making principles and specialist knowledge. How it’s assessed - substantial design and make task, 80 hours, 100 marks, 50% of A level. Evidence - written or digital design portfolio and a practical outcome.