Design & Technology - Product Design
at The Charter School North Dulwich, London · school or sixth form
What the college says
The learners will be expected to be creative, innovative and solve problems that they have realised themselves. The specification will enable learners to: be open to taking design risks, showing innovation and enterprise whilst considering their role as responsible designers and citizens develop intellectual curiosity about the design and manufacture of products and systems, and their impact on daily life and the wider world work collaboratively to develop and refine their ideas, responding to feedback from users, peers and expert practitioners gain an insight into the creative, engineering and/or manufacturing industries develop the capacity to think creatively, innovatively and critically through focused research and the exploration of design opportunities arising from the needs, wants and values of users and clients develop knowledge and experience of real world contexts for design and technological activity develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of materials, components and processes associated with the creation of products that can be tested and evaluated in use be able to make informed design decisions through an in-depth understanding of the management and development of taking a design through to a prototype/product be able to create and analyse a design concept and use a range of skills and knowledge from other subject areas, including mathematics and science, to inform decisions in design and the application or development of technology be
What you need to get on
At least grade 6 in DT, Engineering or a related subject at GCSE. GCSE Maths grade 5.
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
The Charter School North Dulwich
Red Post Hill, London, SE24 9JH
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Start dates
- 1 September 2027 · London
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