Pearson Edexcel GCSE Design And Technology Paper 1c 2025 Ms

Download the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Design and Technology Component 1: Polymers mark scheme for the Summer 2025 examination series (1DT0/1C). This examiner-approved PDF contains the complete Edexcel marking guidance, accepted answers, indicative content, level descriptors, calculations and assessment criteria used to award marks in the June 2025 Polymers examination.

The mark scheme includes detailed examiner guidance for questions covering acrylic, ABS, HIPS, rigid polystyrene, expanded polystyrene, Tensol® cement, ecological footprint analysis, polishing techniques, tolerances, injection moulding and polymer-manufacturing processes. It also includes worked calculation methods, annotation guidance, product-evaluation descriptors and model marking points for extended-response questions involving shelving units, acrylic desk tidies, wall-mounted plant holders and ABS jewellery boxes. Pair this resource with the matching Edexcel 1DT0/1C Summer 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard GCSE Design and Technology revision and self-assessment. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, fully mobile optimised and instantly downloadable.

This document is designed for GCSE Design and Technology students preparing for the 2026 Edexcel examination series, including Year 10 and Year 11 learners, resit candidates, private students and home-educated learners specialising in Polymers. It is especially valuable for students wanting to understand how Edexcel examiners award marks for calculations, evaluation questions, annotation tasks, tolerance-based questions and extended written responses.

Teachers, tutors, revision-course providers and parents can use this mark scheme to deliver examiner-standard feedback, moderate mock examinations, assess student responses consistently and identify weaknesses in polymer-manufacturing, ecological-footprint and product-analysis questions before the 2026 exams.