2026 AQA GCSE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 8552/W Unit 1 Written Paper Question Paper & Mark scheme (Merged) June 2026 [VERIFIED] (Question paper and marking scheme combined) (QP & MS Combined) (58pages)

GCSE

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Unit 1 Written Paper

Monday 19 June 2026 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours

Materials

For Examiner’s Use For this paper you must have:

• normal writing and drawing instruments Section Mark

• a calculator

A

• a protractor.

B

Instructions C

• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Use pencil only for drawing. TOTAL

• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.

• Answer all questions.

• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write

outside the box around each page or on blank pages.

• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book.

Write the question number against your answer(s).

• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.

Information

• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.

• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.

• There are 20 marks for Section A, 30 marks for Section B and 50 marks for Section C.

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