Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has launched proposals for a “Greater Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc)” to improve access to technical education courses in the city region.
Set to be up and running by September 2024, the MBacc would involve 14- to 16-year-old school pupils studying engineering, business, and creative subjects alongside maths, English and computer science or ICT.
The idea is to “steer” young people towards T Levels in subjects that lead to jobs most in demand in the local economy.
The MBacc would rival the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a key government education policy which measures schools on the number of pupils entering and achieving GCSEs in EBacc subjects: English language and literature, maths, sciences, geography or history, and a language.
