Consultation outcome

Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below in England

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 19 March 2019
• Last updated: 23 October 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below in England: government consultation response

Ref: DfE-00194-2020

PDF, 363 KB, 30 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of the responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

We have now published the second stage consultation, seeking views on proposals to reform post-16 technical and academic qualifications at level 3.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on the principles that should guide our review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
11:30am on 19 March 2019 to 11:45pm on 10 June 2019

Consultation description

This consultation is the first stage of the government’s review of post-16 level 3 and below qualifications (excluding T Levels, A Levels and GCSEs). It asks for views on the high level principles and outlines proposals for the removal of funding approval for unreformed qualifications.

The consultation will run for 12 weeks.

The response to this consultation and the second stage of the review is due to be published in spring 2020.

Published 19 March 2019
Last updated 23 October 2020 + show all updates

1. 23 October 2020

   Added consultation response.

2. 19 March 2019

   First published.