Celebrating Design & Technology talent at the DATA Excellence Awards 2025
WJEC听were proud sponsors of the听Excellence Award for Outstanding Pupil: Age 16-18 at the Design & Technology Association Excellence Awards 2025, held on Friday, 10th听October at Triumph Factory Visitor Experience in Hinckley.听鈥听
The听design and technology community gathered to celebrate the 25th听annual awards evening and honour the people who make design and technology such an inspiring and life-changing subject.听听
Sponsored by听WJEC, the听Excellence Award for Outstanding Pupil: Age 16-18听recognises exceptional students who can听demonstrate听creativity, technical skill, and leadership in听design and听technology. We are delighted to congratulate this year鈥檚 winner: Pacha Pritchard, a student at Ysgol Gyfun听Gymraeg听Bro Edern.听Pacha is a four-time UK finalist in F1 in Schools and reached the World Finals in 2024. She has won Gold Teen Tech and CREST Awards, a two-time LEGO League UK finalist, and was named Young Engineer of the Year at The Big Bang Fair. Beyond competitions, Pacha delivered a keynote at the UK Parliament, inspiring others in sustainability and engineering, and has encouraged more young women to pursue D&T at GCSE and A-Level. Her technical excellence, creativity, and leadership make her a truly outstanding pupil and a role model for the next generation.听
Commenting on the sponsorship, Jason Cates, Subject Officer for Design & Technology听said:听听
鈥淲e were delighted to support the DATA Excellence Awards 2025 and to celebrate the exceptional talent of Design and Technology students.听听
Sponsoring this category at the awards was a wonderful opportunity to highlight the remarkable efforts of students. Huge congratulations to Pacha on her incredible achievement -听蝉丑别鈥檚听a truly inspiring example of how determination and creativity can lead to success.鈥听
Congratulations once again to听Pacha Pritchard听and all the finalists and winners celebrated at this year鈥檚听DATA Excellence Awards!听
Further information about the听DATA Excellence听Awards is available鈥听Visit听our听qualifications webpage听to听learn听more about听our new GCSE qualification in Design and Technology.
