Courses and Qualifications

Key Stage 3:
Across years 7 & 8 students follow the national curriculum in technology with two timetabled lessons for resistant materials and one for textiles.

The National Curriculum in England also specifies the activities through which D&T should be taught:

  • Product Analysis; in which pupils examine the designing and making of others
  • Focused Practical Tasks (FPTs); short tasks with a specific teaching point to develop, for example, a technique, a skill, understanding of a processes or knowledge
  • Design and Make Assignments (DMAs); longer tasks in which pupils demonstrate their capability to design and make in the specialist area.

Key Stage 4:
GCSE Resistant Materials (students who make exceptional progress will be entered at the end of year 10). GCSE Industrial Design (for students who successfully gain an A*-C grade in Resistant Materials at the end of year 10). GCSE Textiles (students who make exceptional progress will be entered at the end of year 10). GCSE Product Design (for students who successfully gain an A*-C grade in Textiles at the end of year 10).

Key Stage 5:
International Baccalaureate Diploma - Design and Technology or Visual Arts at Standard and Higher Levels.