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3D Design

Which schools in England make 3D Design a big part of the curriculum, and where results are strongest. Entries and grades from the 2025 performance tables.

What the data says

3D Design GCSE was taken in 527 schools in England in 2025, with 10,979 entries — about 2% of the Year 11 cohort.

Nationally 16% of entries achieved grade 7 or above. The tables below show the schools where the largest share of pupils take the subject, and where grades are highest (schools with at least 20 entries).

At Waterfront UTC (Medway) 73% of the year group took 3D Design.

GCSE: schools where the largest share of pupils take 3D Design

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort (schools with at least 40 pupils in the year and 15 entries). England: 2% of pupils.

#	School	Local authority	Entries	Cohort	Share	Grades 7–9
1	Waterfront UTC	Medway	55	75	73%	0%
2	Dove House Academy	Hampshire	23	42	55%	0%
3	Bmat Stem Academy	Essex	45	85	53%	9%
4	UTC Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	38	73	52%	0%
5	Mayfield School	East Sussex	29	62	47%	83%
6	Saint Nicholas School	Essex	18	40	45%	39%
7	University Technical College Leeds	Leeds	58	131	44%	10%
8	St Christopher School	Hertfordshire	34	77	44%	50%
9	Iceni Secondary Academy	Norfolk	48	116	41%	19%
10	XP School	Doncaster	20	50	40%	0%
11	King Arthur's School	Somerset	29	73	40%	0%
12	Marlwood School	South Gloucestershire	43	109	39%	14%
13	Harris Academy Orpington	Bromley	25	64	39%	8%
14	Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College	Cheshire West and Chester	51	133	38%	14%
15	The Oratory School	Oxfordshire	27	71	38%	52%
16	The Chauncy School	Hertfordshire	75	198	38%	11%
17	Silverstone UTC	West Northamptonshire	43	117	37%	2%
18	Churchill Academy	North Tyneside	58	158	37%	0%
19	Ballard School	Hampshire	21	62	34%	57%
20	Seahaven Academy	East Sussex	47	139	34%	0%
21	Frensham Heights School	Surrey	24	71	34%	63%
22	Queen's Park High School	Cheshire West and Chester	40	122	33%	10%
23	The Howard School	Medway	88	270	33%	8%
24	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School	Liverpool	78	240	33%	10%
25	Framlingham College	Suffolk	23	71	32%	26%
26	Purbrook Park School	Hampshire	56	173	32%	0%
27	Glebe School	Bromley	18	56	32%	0%
28	Honiton Community College	Devon	38	120	32%	16%
29	Gresham's School	Norfolk	33	106	31%	67%
30	Lewes Old Grammar School	East Sussex	30	99	30%	23%
31	Monkton Combe School	Bath and North East Somerset	23	77	30%	74%
32	Castle Manor Academy	Suffolk	43	146	29%	84%
33	Ipswich High School	Suffolk	20	68	29%	35%
34	Ormiston NEW Academy	Wolverhampton	45	153	29%	0%
35	Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation	County Durham	22	76	29%	14%
36	Leigh Academy Strood	Medway	65	225	29%	3%
37	Orion Spires	Kent	38	134	28%	0%
38	Bramcote College	Nottinghamshire	35	125	28%	23%
39	Arrow Vale High School	Worcestershire	60	224	27%	12%
40	UTC Reading	Reading	21	79	27%	14%

GCSE: schools with the highest share of grades 7–9

Schools with at least 20 entries. England: 16% of entries graded 7–9. High grades often reflect who is admitted (selective and independent schools) as much as teaching.

#	School	Local authority	Entries	Cohort	Share	Grades 7–9
1	The Grange School	Cheshire West and Chester	25	130	19%	84%
2	Castle Manor Academy	Suffolk	43	146	29%	84%
3	Mayfield School	East Sussex	29	62	47%	83%
4	Sevenoaks School	Kent	38	245	16%	76%
5	Poole Grammar School	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	42	176	24%	76%
6	Norwich School	Norfolk	33	177	19%	76%
7	Monkton Combe School	Bath and North East Somerset	23	77	30%	74%
8	Gresham's School	Norfolk	33	106	31%	67%
9	Cardinal Pole Catholic School	Hackney	20	155	13%	65%
10	Frensham Heights School	Surrey	24	71	34%	63%
11	The Halifax Academy	Calderdale	38	205	19%	61%
12	Ballard School	Hampshire	21	62	34%	57%
13	Thames Christian School	Wandsworth	22	39	56%	55%
14	Ribston Hall High School	Gloucestershire	23	148	16%	52%
15	The Oratory School	Oxfordshire	27	71	38%	52%
16	Bradfield College	West Berkshire	34	161	21%	50%
17	St Christopher School	Hertfordshire	34	77	44%	50%
18	The Bulmershe School	Wokingham	28	238	12%	46%
19	Brampton Manor Academy	Newham	37	361	10%	46%
20	Harris Academy Battersea	Wandsworth	25	158	16%	44%
21	Silverdale School	Sheffield	21	174	12%	43%
22	Hinchley Wood School	Surrey	22	218	10%	41%
23	Tadcaster Grammar School	North Yorkshire	35	257	14%	40%
24	Redmoor Academy	Leicestershire	26	183	14%	38%
25	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College	Wakefield	50	295	17%	38%
26	Farnham Heath End	Surrey	29	217	13%	38%
27	Whitmore High School	Harrow	37	269	14%	35%
28	Ipswich High School	Suffolk	20	68	29%	35%
29	Knutsford Academy	Cheshire East	38	212	18%	34%
30	Lift Greensward	Essex	56	269	21%	34%
31	Standish Community High School	Wigan	52	259	20%	33%
32	Saffron Walden County High School	Essex	45	303	15%	31%
33	St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School	Birmingham	23	190	12%	30%
34	St Edmund's Catholic Academy	Wolverhampton	20	150	13%	30%
35	Pinner High School	Harrow	32	175	18%	28%
36	Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College	Hammersmith and Fulham	25	111	23%	28%
37	Framlingham College	Suffolk	23	71	32%	26%
38	St Thomas More Catholic High School	North Tyneside	23	254	9%	26%
39	Thomas Gainsborough School	Suffolk	23	254	9%	26%
40	St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy	Bury	23	208	11%	26%

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