Design & Technology: Product Design
at Dame Alice Owen'S School, Potters Bar · school or sixth form
What the college says
Design and Technology is an inspiring and rigorous course, which has been designed to strengthen learners’ critical thinking and problem solving skills within a creative environment enabling learners to design and make high quality products that solve real world problems. Students will consider their own and others’ needs, wants, aspirations and values. Visits to the Design Museum and The New Designers Graduate Show are arranged. As part of the London Design Festival (September), students are encouraged to visit 100% Design, Designers block, Design Junction and Open House in their own time for cultural enrichment.
What you need to get on
You need to have taken Design and Technology at GCSE and achieved a grade 6 (or above) to take it at A level.
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
Dame Alice Owen's School
DUGDALE HILL LANE, POTTERS BAR, EN6 2DU
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Start dates
- 3 September 2026 · POTTERS BAR
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