England’s post-16 qualifications to be streamlined

an article by Sally Weale Education correspondent published in the Guardian

Education secretary to launch consultation to check courses are fit for purpose

The government is planning to streamline post-16 qualifications in England, scrapping funding for what it sees as poor-quality courses that fail to equip young people adequately for further education or employment.

In addition to A-levels and the new T-level vocational qualifications, there are 12,000 post-16 qualifications available, many of which overlap in the same subject areas, causing confusion among students and employers.

The education secretary, Damian Hinds, is to launch a consultation reviewing the post-16 qualification landscape – excluding A-levels and T-levels – looking at applied general qualifications and technical certificates among others to check they are fit for purpose.

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Informing choice in post-16 education and learning

Report of a study, authored by Kathryn Crowther (York Consulting LLP), commissioned by BIS, to determine the type of information that would most effectively support learners, employers and advice and guidance intermediaries in making choices about post-16 provision. This included all government funded post-16 education and training, but not higher education provision.

Full report (PDF 135pp)
URN: 11/1364 BIS research paper no. 49

Hazel’s comment:
There is information available, lots of information, what most young people lack is the ability to use the information and make judgments which allow for appropriate choices. As for "advice and guidance intermediaries" are there many of these people left nowadays?

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