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Pupils to be offered vocational GCSEs in radical shake-up of system in England

Courses such as finance and construction form part of PM’s push for education ‘that offers a path for everybody’Teenagers are to be offered a range of new vocational GCSEs under a radical shake-up of the school system in England designed to tackle a cr…

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EducationEducation policyEnglandGCSEsLabourPoliticsSchoolsSecondary schoolsUK newsVocational education

Pupils to be offered vocational GCSEs in radical shake-up of system in England

Courses such as finance and construction form part of PM’s push for education ‘that offers a path for everybody’Teenagers are to be offered a range of new vocational GCSEs under a radical shake-up of the school system in England designed to tackle a cr…

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Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

Government announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and English if they fail GCSEs co…

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