Consultation outcome

Government proposals to reform vocational qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 7 March 2013
• Last updated: 12 September 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

The reform of level 3 vocational qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds: government response

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Detail of outcome

This report summarises the responses to our consultation on reform of level 3 vocational qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds which took place from 7 March 2013 to 10 May 2013. It sets out the government’s decision to publish only vocational qualifications that meet the interim requirement set out in the level 3 vocational qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds and the 2016 school and college performance tables technical guidance for awarding organisations.

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Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on government plans to improve the value of vocational qualifications.

This consultation ran from
7 March 2013 to 11:45pm on 10 May 2013

Consultation description

This consultation presents proposals to establish rigorous standards for level 3 vocational qualifications taken by 16- to 19-year-olds in schools and colleges from September 2014, so that only high-value qualifications count in performance tables.

Documents

Consultation document

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Consultation summary

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Published 7 March 2013
Last updated 12 September 2013 + show all updates

1. 12 September 2013

   Added the government response to the consultation.

2. 7 March 2013

   First published.