As you will see from our results on our opening page we are a successful department within the school and the students who take either of the subjects we offer at GCSE work extremely hard in producing some outstanding work for their NEA (Non-Examined Assessment) All of the staff in the department run extra-curricular sessions in support of their studies and the excellent facilities within the department mean that the students’ creativity is rarely hindered by a lack of resources.

At Key Stage 4 we are delighted to be able to offer 3 different courses:

• GCSE Design & Technology
• GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition

GCSE Course Structure

Course Title	Design & Technology	Food Preparation and Nutrition
Exam Board	AQA	AQA
Exam weighting	50%	50%
Number of exams	1 paper: 2 hrs	1 paper: 1hr 45 min
NEA Weighting	50%	50%
Number of NEA elements	1	2

Technology courses also equip pupils with a good range of transferable skills:

• Teamwork
• Independent learning
• Organisation
• Research
• Analysis and evaluation
• Communication
• Planning
• Problem solving

The complete syllabuses can be viewed on the AQA website using the links below:

Food Technology: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcse/pdf/AQA-4545-W-SP.PDF

Resistant Materials : http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcse/pdf/AQA-4560-W-SP.PDF