• Challenges included the amount of time required to support some pupils with complex ideas in the briefs, timetabling clashes with revision for exams, and the combination of days lost to teacher strikes and a higher-than-usual number of bank holidays at the beginning of the 2023 summer term. [...] Enablers Alignment with curriculum and assessment material For some of the teachers we interviewed, the design thinking process and the content of the briefs align with the curriculum and assessment material of exam boards like AQA and OCR. [...] RSA resources and support Teachers also praised the quality and quantity of the support that the RSA provides as part of the Awards, including the teacher and pupil resource booklets, the teacher Pupil Design Awards 2022-23: Final evaluation report 15 training sessions, mentor visits, and general communications. [...] For the returning design teacher, problems with the retention and recruitment of specialist design teachers reduced the capacity of the department to complete the Awards (a well-known challenge across schools and subjects, particularly design, maths, and science).5. [...] Pupil Design Awards 2022-23: Final evaluation report 19 6 Recommendations for future delivery of the Awards Communications/recruitment • In communications encouraging schools to enter the Awards, emphasise how the Awards can be used to prepare pupils for GCSE and A-level non-exam assessments, linking specifically to the criteria of the AQA and OCR examination boards.
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