News

June 2023

28 June

GCSE Design and Technology: Non-exam assessment (NEA) contexts

We've published GCSE Design and Technology non-exam assessment (NEA) contexts for assessment in 2024.

29 June

A-level Product Design: specification change for summer 2023

We’ve made a small change to our A-level Design and Technology: Product Design (7552) specification.

6 June

New diverse designers added to GCSE Design and Technology

We’ve added 12 new, diverse designers to our GCSE Design and Technology (8552) specification ready for first teaching in September 2022.

September 2020

23 September

Changes for 2021 exams for GCSE, AS and A-level Design and Technology

Changes for 2021 exams for GCSE (8552), AS and A-level Design and Technology

February 2020

3 February

Updated: Question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam: what’s available when

We’re changing the date of when we publish question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam on our website. This is now applicable to all qualifications.

December 2019

2 December

Question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam: what’s available when

We’re changing the date of when we publish our AS, A-level and GCSE question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam on our website.

May 2019

3 May

Product Design (7552) additional SAMS available on SKM

Additional sample assessment materials for A-level Design and Technology: Product Design added to SKM.

1 May

Find out about exams in our new podcast series

We’re excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Craig Barton on our new series of podcasts, Inside Exams.