It is not yet clear when V-levels will be introduced, how they will be rolled out, or which subjects will be on offer – although the Department for Education (DfE) gave craft and design and media, broadcast and production as examples.<\/p>\n
Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said V-levels aimed to simplify options for students.<\/p>\n
“There are over 900 courses at the moment that young people have the choice of, and it’s confusing,” she said.<\/p>\n
“[V-levels] will build on what’s good about BTecs and other alternative qualifications – the ability to be able to work practically, the concentration on things that are going to lead to employment.”<\/p>\n
Students will still be able to study A-levels or T-levels after their GCSEs, or start an apprenticeship.<\/p>\n
Ministers expect many will want to mix and match between A-levels and V-levels.<\/p>\n
T-levels, introduced in 2020, already offer a technical route for students, but the initial findings of a government-commissioned review said they shouldn’t be the only option, partly because of their high entry requirements. <\/p>\n
Students study one T-level geared towards a specific occupation, whereas they might study three A-levels in different subjects. <\/p>\n
Baroness Smith said T-levels therefore suited students who “really know that’s what [they] want to do”, while V-levels would be better for those who were less sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is not yet clear when V-levels will be introduced, how they will be rolled out, or which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-211962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}