Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 78328

BTEC Qualifications

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Vicky Foxcroft

LabourLewisham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of discontinuing BTEC qualifications on the number of young people not in education, employment or training.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
On 20 October 2025, the department set out plans to introduce V Levels, a third, vocational pathway at level 3 that will sit alongside A levels and T Levels, and offer a vocational alternative to these academic and technical routes. They will blend applie...

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