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Summary of Post 16 Skills plan July 2016 by BIS and DoE
A report by the independent panel on technical education, chaired by Lord David Sainsbury, has been published.
13 July 2016
In parallel, the Government published its Skills Plan which responds to the panel’s recommendations and sets out the overarching framework for the skills system.
A summary of these reforms can be found here.
This report heralds the most radical reforms to post-16 education since A Levels were introduced. The Skills Plan presents a vision of a radically simplified system, with students presented with the clear choice of a high quality technical option at age 16, alongside the already highly regarded academic option. Building on the apprenticeships reform, the technical option will provide students with a clear line of sight from education into skilled employment.
If you are interested in reading documents in full they can be found here and the impact assessment here.
