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From BBC UK in October 2025:
New vocational courses called V-levels will be rolled out for 16-year-olds under government plans to simplify a “confusing landscape” of qualifications in England. Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said V-levels aimed to simplify options for students.
By cuckooshoe
The last paragraph in Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations, No. 8: 2026 edition shows a 33.2% increase in the number of mainstream and special school leavers achieving one or more vocational qualifications at SCQF Level 5 or better in just 11 years!
The Scottish Government established the independent Commission for Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce, led by Sir Ian Wood, in January 2013. Its remit was to explore the development of a modern, responsive and valued system for vocational training and to emulate the labour markets of the best performing European countries.
More information on the Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce strategy. Tables Z2.1a and Z2.1b in the supplementary tables show attainment in vocational qualifications at SCQF Levels 2 to 7, by local authority. These vocational qualifications include National Certificates, Higher National Qualifications, Scottish Vocational Qualifications, National Progression Awards and Skills for Work.
40.5 per cent of 2024-25 mainstream and special school leavers achieved one or more vocational qualifications at SCQF Level 5 or better. This compares to 35.0 per cent in 2023-24, and to 7.3 per cent in 2013-14.
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