Sentences with phrase «vocational qualifications count»
If attainment across a broader range of subjects are be counted, then arts subjects and vocational qualifications count for something in school accountability as well.
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As part of a wide - ranging review into vocational education, the engineering qualification developed by JCB, Rolls Royce, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the University of Cambridge, will in future count as only one GCSE rather than five as is the case now in school performance league tables.
The units do coinside with other BTEC qualifications, however, we use it here as a basic introduction to the kitchen, we deliver it to KS3 and Year 10 and often use the units of work to count towards their Pearson BTEC Level 1 Award in Vocational Studies (QCF).
To count in school performance tables alongside the new GCSEs, vocational qualifications have also been required to adopt more «academic» types of learning and assessment.
Our most recent research using the 2014 GCSE results (which excluded many vocational qualifications from counting towards school performance, and reduced the contribution to the total point score of those qualifications included) suggests the improvement was because of disproportionate use of GCSE equivalent qualifications in sponsored academies compared to similar maintained schools.