Design and Technology
Areas for Assessment
Design concepts and processes
Creativity, innovation and enterprise
Communicating, managing and producing
Producing quality design solutions
Designers and responsible designing
Design, technology and society
Grade A
A student at this grade typically:
- integrates their extensive knowledge and understanding of design in critically analysing concepts and processes, and is able to apply their learning in new contexts.
- consistently applies, justifies and manages complex design processes to develop design ideas and solutions.
- evaluates and coherently explains the impacts of past, current and emerging technologies on the individual, society and environments.
- evaluates designed solutions, independently considering a comprehensive range of factors affecting the work and responsibilities of designers.
- independently develops and critically evaluates innovative, enterprising and creative design ideas and solutions.
- is discriminating in their selection and use of a wide range of appropriate techniques to communicate design ideas and solutions effectively to a wide variety of audiences.
- applies risk management practices when independently selecting and safely using a wide range of technologies to produce outstanding designed solutions.
Grade B
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates a thorough knowledge and understanding of design when analysing concepts and processes, and is able to apply their learning in new contexts.
- consistently applies, justifies and manages design processes to develop design ideas and solutions.
- analyses and explains the impacts of past, current and emerging technologies on the individual, society and environments.
- evaluates designed solutions, considering a variety of factors affecting the work and responsibilities of designers.
- confidently develops and evaluates innovative, enterprising and creative design ideas and solutions.
- selects and uses a wide range of appropriate techniques to effectively communicate design ideas and solutions to a range of audiences.
- consistently applies risk management practices when selecting and safely using a range of technologies to produce high-quality designed solutions.
Grade C
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates a sound knowledge and understanding of design when analysing concepts and processes, and is able to apply their learning in new contexts.
- applies, justifies and manages a design process to develop design ideas and solutions.
- explains the impact of past, current and emerging technologies on the individual, society and environments.
- evaluates designed solutions, taking into account a range of factors affecting the work and responsibilities of designers.
- explains innovative, enterprising and creative design ideas and solutions.
- selects and uses a range of techniques to communicate design ideas and solutions to a range of audiences.
- applies risk management practices when selecting and safely using a range of technologies to produce designed solutions of sound quality.
Grade D
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates a basic knowledge and understanding of design when describing concepts and processes, and is able to apply their learning in familiar contexts.
- applies and manages a design process to develop design ideas and solutions.
- describes the impacts of past, current and emerging technologies on the individual, society and environments.
- evaluates designed solutions, choosing appropriate factors that affect the work and responsibilities of designers.
- with guidance, develops and describes design ideas and solutions that are innovative, enterprising and creative.
- uses a range of techniques to communicate design ideas and solutions to audiences.
- applies basic risk management practices when selecting and safely using a limited range of technologies to produce designed solutions.
Grade E
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates an elementary understanding of design when identifying concepts and processes and, with guidance, applies their learning in familiar contexts.
- with guidance, applies and manages a simple design process to develop design ideas and solutions.
- identifies some impacts of technologies on the individual, society and environments.
- identifies some factors that affect the work and responsibilities of designers when evaluating designed solutions.
- with direction, develops design ideas and solutions.
- uses a limited range of techniques to communicate designed solutions.
- with guidance, applies risk management practices when using a limited range of technologies to produce simple designed solutions.