Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 101300
V-levels
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 8 January 2026
Question
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat — Cheadle
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the new V Levels will have equivalent entry requirements to A Levels, and what steps her Department will take to ensure students who do not meet those requirements are not excluded from Level 3 study.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterWe have set out plans to reform qualification pathways at level 3 and level 2. At level 3, this includes a third, vocational pathway, V Levels. V Levels will blend applied learning with practical assessment, and their content will be linked to occupationa...
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