Engineering

Applications for 2025 entry open on Wednesday 6th November 2024. Please do not submit your application before this date. Please apply via PS16 on via our website.

Unit 1 Engineering Principles (External Assessment)

Unit 2 Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team

Unit 3 Engineering Product Design and Manufacture

(External Assessment)

Unit 10 Computer Aided Design in Engineering

(Please be aware that the Department for Education is currently reviewing Applied General Qualifications for 16-19 year olds, with publication of the findings not due until December 2024. Following this, we will update our course offer and units for September 2025 entry.)

Three Mandatory Units:

Unit 1 Engineering Principles

Unit 2 Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team

Unit 3 Engineering Product Design and Manufacture

One Optional Unit:

Unit 10 Computer Aided Design in Engineering

Unit 1: Engineering Principles

Written exam set and marked by Pearson

Two hours

80 marks

Qualifications are graded using a scale of P to D*

General Hinckley Sixth Form entry requirements, plus a grade 6 in a Science subject and grade 6 in GCSE Maths.

This course combines well with a large number of subjects and supports entry to higher education courses in a wide range of disciplines, depending on the subjects taken alongside it.

For learners wishing to study an aspect of engineering in higher education, opportunities include:

• BSc Hons in Electrical Engineering, if taken alongside A Levels in maths and a science subject (i.e. physics)

• BSc (Hons) in Architectural Engineering, if taken alongside a BTEC National in Construction and the Built Environment and A Levels in maths or art/design

• BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, if taken alongside A Levels in computing and maths

• BSc (Hons) in Maths or Physics if taken alongside A Levels in maths and physics