A consultation on how to develop the Government’s new post-16 qualification – the Advanced British Standard – has been launched.
Parents, teachers, students and employers are being invited to share their views on the design of the new baccalaureate-style qualification which will eventually replace A-levels and T-levels.
It comes after the Prime Minister announced that students in England will typically study five subjects rather than three under the major reforms.
Under the shake-up – which is expected to take a decade to fulfil – 16 to 19-year-olds would take a larger number of subjects at both “major” and “minor” level.
The consultation on the Advanced British Standard (ABS) – which was announced at the Conservative Party conference in October – has been launched ahead of the Christmas break.
But more detailed plans and proposals for delivery are expected to be set out in a White Paper next year, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.
In October, Rishi Sunak said the ABS would bring together A-levels and T-levels – the Government’s flagship technical qualification introduced in 2020 – into a single qualification.
