Research and development manager
Statistics, Geography and Psychology at GCSE, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 2 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 6 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Statistics leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: data collection, questionnaire, findings, bias mitigation.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Statistics | 1.00 | data collection, questionnaire, findings, bias mitigation, research question |
| A level Geography | 0.83 | sampling, research ethics, data collection, research question, qualitative method |
| A level Psychology | 0.72 | research design, research ethics, inferential statistics, descriptive statistics, research method |
| GCSE Psychology | 0.54 | research objective, qualitative method, quantitative method, research design, research method |
| A level Sociology | 0.54 | research design, research ethics, data collection, primary research |
| GCSE Sociology | 0.33 | questionnaire, research design, research method |
| GCSE Geography | 0.30 | social context, presentation, data collection, resource management |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.24 | descriptive statistics, sampling |
| GCSE English Literature | 0.19 | social context, presentation |
| GCSE Media Studies | 0.17 | social context, ownership |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Statistics, Geography and Psychology, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
More schools9
What the job is
Research and development managers coordinate the efforts of scientists, academical researchers, product developers, and market researchers towards the creation of new products, the improvement of current ones or other research activities, including scientific research. They manage and plan research and development activities of an organisation, specify goals and budget requirements and manage the staff.
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.