Over 378,000 results have been issued to students across over 575 vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) this year, confirmed through the VTQ Results Action Plan. These results have been issued alongside nearly 800,000 A level results, supporting the achievements of all students to be celebrated on the same day.
Ofqual is today publishing the outcomes from 256 of these qualifications (those used in school and college accountability measures). For these qualifications, 23,500 (9%) were at top grades.
Students have worked extremely hard to achieve their qualifications, as have all those who have supported them across the course of their studies. These qualifications will allow students to take the next step, whether to education or employment.
Some VTQs – such as Applied Generals and Tech Levels – were reformed before the pandemic. The reformed qualifications introduced external assessment, and for some colleges this is the first year that many students have taken external assessments for the reformed qualifications. The number of students taking these reformed Level 3 qualifications has grown considerably compared with 2019, so it is not meaningful to compare the pattern of results with previous years.
