Curriculum - KS4/5 Food Technology

The KS4/5 Food Technology Curriculum Maps for 2025/26 can be found below:

KS4 Food Skills Curriculum Map 25.26

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What makes Food Technology special?

The core experience in Design & Technology is about providing opportunities for students to develop their capability in design and learn how to create quality products using appropriate materials. They do this by combining their design and manufacturing skills with knowledge and understanding of which materials are best suited to different purposes.

What skills will you develop from studying Food Technology?

• Product analysis and evaluation

• An understanding of sustainable design and production

• The creative skills necessary to create original products for target audiences

• Problem solving and team work

• The ability to work to a brief

What other opportunities are available in this subject?

The Design & Technology department offer lunch time and after school clubs for students to attend that vary from cooking and graphics to resistant materials clubs.

We enter as many external competitions as we can and entry is open to all students.

What topics will you study in Years 9, 10 and 11?

• Level 2 Award in Hospitality and Catering - food safety, nutrition, nutritional needs of different groups, the hospitality and catering industry. Internally marked NEA in Year 11. End of Year 11 external examination.

What courses are available post 16?

• WJEC Level 3 Food Science and Nutrition