According to Ofqual’s recent survey of attitudes towards qualifications, at least half of the general public consider that vocational options are of equal value to traditional academic routes.
It is an interesting statistic at a time when there is much concern and criticism about a narrowing of the curriculum, with a National Union of Teachers’ survey of more than 2,000 of its members earlier this year finding that two-thirds of teachers think there is “too much emphasis on ‘facts’ rather than skills” in the new curriculum.
Changes coming into effect in September will see most vocational qualifications ceasing to hold GCSE equivalency. This has been brought in by the Department of Education (DfE) based on the recommendations in Professor Alison Wolf’s review of vocational education. It means that many vocational qualifications will no longer count towards school performance tables.
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