Component 1:

The exam is worth 50%  

There are 100 marks available 

You will have 1 hour and 45 minutes 

Component 2:

NEA – Non examined assessment which is worth 50% of the GCSE Design & Technology - Textiles qualification.

There are 100 marks available. 

You will have your written exam in Year 11. 

The paper consists of two sections. 

Section A is assessed on the core content 

This section is 40 marks and contains a mixture of different question styles, including open-response, graphical, calculation and extended-open-response questions. 

There will be 10 marks of calculation questions in Section A. 

Core Content (40%) includes: - 

• New and emerging technologies 
• Energy generation and storage 
• Developments in modern materials 
• Electronics systems 
• Mechanical devises 
• Material categories and properties 
• Design context 
• Environment, social and economic challenges 
• Investigating past work 
• Design strategies  
• Communication of ideas 

Section B is assessed on the material category - Textiles This section is 60 marks and contains a mixture of different question styles, including open-response, graphical, calculation and extended-open-response questions. 

There will be 5 marks of calculation questions in Section B. 

Material category (60%) includes: Textiles specialist questions. 

In year 11 you will complete your NEA which is your coursework task. 

• Students will undertake a project based on a contextual challenge 
• The project will test students’ skills in investigating, designing, making and evaluating a prototype of a product. 
• Task will be internally assessed and externally moderated. 
• The marks are awarded for each part as follows: 
• 1 – Investigate (16 marks) 
• 2 – Design (42 marks) 
• 3 – Make (36 marks) 
• 4 – Evaluate (6 marks) 
• This project will require you to follow an iterative design process rather than a linear process requiring you to continually test, evaluate and refine ideas. 

We all agree that the ‘making’ part is the best part, but this only counts for 25% of the marks in Component 2. The coursework PowerPoint is worth the remaining 75% of the marks available.