The number of students taking design and technology at GCSE and A-level has fallen off a cliff, with 71% fewer GCSE candidates than when the Conservatives came to power, an education charity has found. The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which supports around 50 University Technical Colleges delivering technical and academic options, is now concerned fewer young people will progress onto apprenticeships and T-levels if they cannot experience technical subjects at school.
The trust is now calling for the government to stop obsessing about academic subjects and significantly increase the number of degree apprenticeships for young people. GCSE D&T entries cut by nearly three-quarters; A-level entries cut in half Exams regulator Ofqual has released new statistics this morning to coincide with GCSE and level 2 results day,…
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