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GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design

 

 

Changes to GCSEs

GCSEs are changing from modular to linear assessment, in line with Government policy.

  • Our specifications have been amended and submitted to Ofqual for review and re-accreditation and will be added to the website as soon as we have them back.
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Teacher CPD spring 2012 course available for booking now!

GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design Maximising exam success (a repeat from spring 2011)

This AQA Excellence course will provide:

  • strategies for planning and covering the full subject content
  • practical teaching activities to prepare students for the 2012 written paper
  • opportunities to take part in student activities
  • a DVD with teaching materials including PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, quizzes and games, covering key elements of the specification.

and the opportunity to share your experiences with colleagues from other schools and colleges.

Our CPD courses help you to sharpen your skills, pick up excellent teaching tips and improve your career prospects. For further details, dates and locations and to book your place, visit our online booking service, Courses and Events.

Teacher Standardising Meetings

  • Dates for coursework standardisation meetings are generally published on the AQA Website in September.
  • Meetings are usually held between October and January and are free of charge.
  • Centres are also usually notified in writing.
  • If you are teaching this specification for the first time, please contact us to ensure that you are invited.

AQA's policy on attendance at coursework standardisation meetings.

Notes for centres on the use of Preliminary Materials (4500/TN)

The above document will NOT be issued as a hard copy but will instead be placed on the Secure Key Materials area of e-AQA. Preliminary Materials will be despatched as usual in hard copy to arrive in centres by 1 February 2011. They will be placed on the website on 1 March 2011

Secure Key Materials

Secure Key Materials is a new e-AQA service which replaces Recent Exam Materials from 1 September. It provides teachers and Exams Officers with exclusive access to a bank of exam-related material that is:

  • secure
  • easy to navigate
  • quick to use
  • intuitive, based on the design of our website.

Please read our new leaflet and look at the following demo to find out more about this new service.

To obtain an e-AQA account and access to Secure Key Materials, please register at e-AQA. For more information about the materials published on Secure Key Materials, please don't hesitate to contact the Subject team.

June 2010 examination

The Preliminary Material (45551/PM) for the new specification Design & Technology: Product Design (45551) is available to be issued to candidates from 1 March 2010.

Policy on web publication of preliminary and pre-release material