GCSE Engineering

GCSE Engineering (Double Award) is designed to provide a broad educational basis for further training, education or for moving into employment within the engineering sector.

The three units are:

• Design and graphical communication
• Engineered products
• Application of technology

This section will provide case studies and resources, linked where appropriate to each unit.

Competition

The SSAT and Hope Technology are running an extreme engineering challenge for KS3 and KS4 students.


The competition involves working to a real design brief to develop a promotional product that can be distributed at the Cycle Show in London.

Find out more and register your interest...

Ideas and inspiration

SSAT engineering lead practitioners are innovative and outstanding teachers, who share their good practice with colleagues in other schools.

Read the latest case studies produced by these lead practitioners for ideas and inspiration to take into your classroom (links opens in a new window).

Case studies - engineering

Resources

Engineering resources
Resources produced by lead practitioners which can be downloaded and used in the classroom

Engineering reference list
A list of both general resources and resources specific for each unit. Includes links directly to the resources and useful websites.