Key Stage 5
Product Design at Key Stage 5 has continued to be a successful course for many years now. Students’ consistently achieve excellent results and produce some outstanding final projects. Many of the A Level students have gone on to study the following courses at university: Product Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Animation and Graphic Design.
AQA Course Structure:
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Paper 1 |
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What's assessed |
Technical principles |
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How it's assessed |
• Written exam: 2 hours and 30 minutes • 120 marks • 30% of A-level |
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Questions |
Mixture of short answer and extended response. |
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Paper 2 |
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What's assessed |
Designing and making principles |
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How it's assessed |
• Written exam: 1 hour and 30 minutes • 80 marks • 20% of A-level |
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Questions |
Mixture of short answer and extended response questions |
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Section A: |
• Product Analysis: 30 marks • Up to 6 short answer questions based on visual stimulus of product(s). |
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Section B: |
• Commercial manufacture: 50 marks • Mixture of short and extended response questions |
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Non-Examined Assessment (NEA) |
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What's assessed |
Practical application of technical principles, designing and making principles. |
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How it's assessed |
• Substantial design and make project • 100 marks • 50% of A-level |
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Evidence
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Written or digital design portfolio and photographic evidence of final prototype. |