AQA A level Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles specification
The specification (7562) is AQA's own description of the Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles course: what you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. The link below opens the board's PDF on filestore.aqa.org.uk, so you always get its current version.
Open the 7562 specification (PDF) (opens filestore.aqa.org.uk in a new tab)Everything for AQA A level Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles, with the past papers, grade boundaries and the notes and flashcards people have shared.
How AQA A level Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles is examined
From AQA's grade boundaries for June 2026. Some boards list every optional paper or time-zone variant, so you sit only the ones for your route; the specification says which.
| Paper | Marks | Time | Next exam |
|---|---|---|---|
| D&T: Fashion and Textiles Pap 17562/1 | 120 | 2 hours 30 minutes | Monday 24 May 2027, morning |
| D&T: Fashion and Textiles Pap 27562/2 | 80 | 1 hour 30 minutes | Friday 11 June 2027, morning |
| D&T: Fashion and Textiles NEA7562/C | 100 |
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Revising from the Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles specification
Work through the specification's content list and mark what you are unsure of, then practise those parts with AQA's past papers and read your marks against the same year’s grade boundaries.
Common questions
Where can I find the AQA A level Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles specification?
The link on this page opens AQA's own copy of the Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles specification (7562), a PDF on its website, so you always get the current version. We link to it rather than keep a copy.
What is in the Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles specification?
A specification is the board's own description of the course: the content you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. It is the most useful single document to revise from, because every exam question has to come from it.
How is AQA A level Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles examined?
According to AQA's grade boundaries for June 2026, the course is examined in 3 papers, worth 300 marks in all. The specification has the full details, and the past papers show what the questions look like.
Can I make practice questions from the specification?
Yes. cookie can make exam-style questions from a specification and mark your answers, so you can practise the parts you are least sure of once you run out of past papers.
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