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Design and technology students down by 10.5% in 2017. Design and technology took the biggest hit, reporting a 10.5% drop – 19,500 – in students taking the subject, down from 185,300 in 2016 to 165,800 ...

The number taking art and design courses is also at the lowest level this century, with 175,792 taking the subject this year compared to 183,085 last year – down 3.98 per cent.

MPs added that the introduction of the EBacc has resulted in the decline of students taking up art and design subjects. Official exam figures released this year showed that five times less students ...

Only 2.3% of all named stand-alone artists referenced in GCSE art and design exam papers are from black or South Asian backgrounds, a report suggests.

And in design and technology, entries among GCSE students fell by 23 per cent. Meanwhile, entries to media, ... including a 9 per cent increase in entries to art and design subjects.

Minority ethnic artists under-represented in GCSE curriculum at ‘shocking’ level Only 2.3% of all named stand-alone artists referenced in GCSE art and design exam papers are from black or ...