A Level Design & Technology

Course summary

The A Level course is a natural progression from GCSE and will help students to recognise design needs and develop an understanding of how global issues and the latest technologies have an impact on the world around them. You will be expected to practice and develop your own style and research strategies. You will design and make products that are fit for purpose, satisfy wants and needs, and enhance our day-to-day lives, and most importantly, give you the opportunity to demonstrate your design and technology capability. Through contextual challenges you will have the freedom to take design risks and innovate in a situation where it is safe to test and refine ideas. You will be taken through a cycle of iterative design to put the theory you learn along the way into practice on a real design, make and evaluate project. In AS, the contextual challenge will be set by us, but at A level you will be encouraged to independently identify a real world design problem to solve.