Post-16 Qualifications Review and Reform

The Department for Education is reforming post-16 qualifications (ages 16-19) to streamline the landscape and improve quality, following the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022. The review covers level 1, 2, and 3 qualifications, subject content, and performance measures, with transition plans to the reformed system.

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12 Dec 2024 | Impact assessment Department for Education linked

Review of level 3 qualifications reform: equality impact assessment

Analysis of the effect changes to post-16 qualifications at level 3 will have on specific protected groups of people.

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Fourth Special Report - The future of post-16 qualifications: Government response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2022–23

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Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 in England: impact assessment

Analysis of the effect changes to post-16 qualifications at level 3 will have on specific protected groups of people.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Revised review of post-16 qualifications at le… (22pp)

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