Over 70 qualifications have passed the first cycle of a new “rigorous” approvals process and will survive the government’s cutting of level 3 courses. Skills minister Luke Hall announced 74 qualifications will be funded for young people and adults alongside A-levels and T Levels in the latest milestone of the government’s post-16 reforms. Awarding organisations had to “make a special case” for these qualifications to retain funding from August 2025. A key plank of the government’s strategy for school leavers is to steer students towards A-levels or T Levels.The approved courses can be taken alongside A-levels or T Levels under a new system which ministers believe will “simplify” and “streamline” qualification choices. Click here for more.
