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Design and Technology (Product Design) A Level

at Ashmole Academy, London · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

This is suitable for students seeking to develop their designing and making skills to a more advanced and complex level. The course encourages creativity whilst ensuring that students have a good body of knowledge and understanding from which to design and make. The course has significantly changed and now encompasses the content of the previous A-level courses of Graphic Products and Resistant Materials to provide students with a broader understanding of products, materials and design. This wider understanding will provide students with a better foundation of knowledge in order to progress to Level 4 courses. This course is suited to students who have taken GCSE in Technology.

What you need to get on

A minimum of five passes at grade 5 or higher at GCSE, three of which must be a grade 6 or higher. Within these passes there must be a grade 5 or higher in English Language and Maths and a 5 in either Graphics, Textiles or Product Design.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · Southgate

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