October 2026 Design and Technology update

• Key dates
• Upcoming training events
• Teaching, learning and assessment materials
• Past event recordings
• Help shape how our specifications are written
• JCQ results dashboard

Key dates

Training events

To book your place on one of our October events, or to view the full training programme, please see the document linked below.

Past event recording

Find recordings of past events and  pre-recorded training for your qualification on the YouTube playlists below. 

GCSE D&T playlist

A level D&T playlist

Teaching, learning and assessment resources

The documents below are designed to link you to appropriate resources, materials, training and much more to support the delivery of GCSE and A level Design and Technology. 

Help shape how our specifications are written

How clear is your GCSE specification about what to teach, and how deeply?

We’re redesigning how specifications are written and want to hear directly from teachers about what works and what doesn’t. The survey is short, anonymous and takes around 12 minutes - and you can take part whatever exam board you use.

Fill in the specification survey

JCQ results dashboards

JCQ have now published 2026 results on their website for GCSE and A level.

The results provide insights into student entries and attainment in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. JCQ has published results data for 26 years and all the data is on their website to facilitate comparisons.

For the first time JCQ has also published interactive data dashboards for A levels and GCSEs. These dashboards are being piloted with GCSE and A level data in the first instance.