Design and Technology: GCSE

(asked on 6th November 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Ben Bradley Portrait
Ben Bradley
(Conservative - Mansfield)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students sitting the design and technology GCSE received a grade C or above in 2016-17.

Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 15th November 2018

The table below provides information on the proportion of pupils entered for design and technology GCSEs[1] in 2016/17 who achieved grade C or above.

Subject

Percentage of pupils entered
who achieved A*-C or above
in GCSE in the listed subjects
2016/17

Design and Technology:
Electronic Products

68.6%

Design and Technology:
Food Technology

61%

Design and Technology:
Graphic Products

58.8%

Design and Technology:
Resistant Materials

58.1%

Design and Technology:
Systems & Control

68.3%

Design and Technology:
Textiles Technology

72.9%

Other Design and Technology[2]

58.5%

[1] Based on GCSE examinations only - excludes equivalents

[2] Includes Graphics, Motor Vehicle, Studies, Design & Technology, D&T Engineering and D&T Product Design.

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