Design Technology (Product Design) A Level

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2027 ENTRY

Entry Requirements - Please follow the link and download our Options Guide to view the entry requirements for Sixth Form and individual subjects https://www.queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk/learning/sixth-form/thinking-about-joining-queen-elizabeths-grammar-school-for-sixth-form/

How to Apply:

Applications will open in November 2026.

Internals - Google Form - Speak to Mr Cowlam or Mrs Gossling

Externals - Through Kent Choices

https://www.queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk/learning/sixth-form/applying-to-the-sixth-form/

DEADLINE: Gaining a place at our Sixth Form is incredibly competitive. To ensure we can follow the correct processes for making offers and gathering information appropriately, the deadline for all applications, internal and external, will be Friday 26th February 2027 at 15.00.

Following this deadline, external applicants that are considered to have met the requirements for a Conditional Offer will receive a notification via Kent Choices. You will also be invited to an Online Application Meeting in March 2027. This meeting will be a compulsory stage of the application process and will provide details of the next steps and what is required to gain a place in our Sixth Form for September 2027. Any applicants that do not attend the meeting will have their Conditional Offer withdrawn.

External applicants that attend the meeting will retain their Conditional Offer and gain access to the next stage of the application process.

Internal Applicants have an automatic conditional offer. Following the deadline, students will attend a 1-2-1 meeting to discuss your options. You will not be able to make any changes to your subject choices until the Option Blocks have been created around the end of Term 5.

What to include in your application:

You must select a minimum AND maximum of 5 subject choices:

Option A - 3 main subject choices* + an enhancement subject choice** + a reserve subject choice***

Option B - 4 main subject choices + a reserve subject choice

*a main subject choice is a full A Level subject e.g Mathematics/Geography/Physics/German etc

** an enhancement subject choice is either EPQ, Maths in Context or Trinity Acting Exams

***a reserve choice can be either a full A Level or another enhancement option

Design Technology: Product Design

A Level - 2 year course

Examination Board: Edexcel

• Materials
• Performance characteristics of materials
• Processes and techniques
• Digital technologies
• Factors influencing the development of products
• Potential hazards and risk assessing
• Features of manufacturing industries
• Designing for maintenance and the cleaner environment
• Current legislations
• Information handling, modelling and forward planning
• Further processes and techniques

• Independent design and make task

Component 1 - exam

Component 2 - Design and Make task (coursework)

You must achieve a grade 6 or better in a Technology GCSE. If Technology was not studied at GCSE, you must have a 6 in a similar creative subject.

What happens when you have finished?

A high percentage of our Design Technology students continue into a career in design and engineering. There are over 600 degree and other FE courses available. Careers include: product design, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, media design, multimedia design, CAD/CAM engineers, transport design, animation, and many others – it’s an exciting, fast moving and growing industry.

Suggested link subjects

You could take this course with other advanced level courses such as Art and Design, Physics, Maths, or Computer Science to prepare for Higher Education in areas of design, technology, engineering, architecture or a more general Higher Education course.