It has been widely reported that design and technology (D&T) saw a drop of 38,680 entries for GCSE in 2017/18. This was double the losses of the previous year and the single largest fall of any GCSE subject.
However, amid the pressures that the EBacc exerts there are enterprising ways to help reverse this trend.
Enabling students to see the possibilities that D&T offers and how it can be applied to solving everyday problems is key to the subject being seen as relevant and helping to increasing its popularity. Raising the profile of the subject with parents, the local community, as well as within school, and encouraging cross-curricular approaches also influences uptake.
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