We recently responded to the government’s announcement to introduce the Advanced British Standard
The Advanced British Standard (ABS) is the new level 3 qualification designed to combine the ‘best bits’ of A Levels and T Levels into one single qualification.
The plan forms part of the government’s wider 'parity of esteem' agenda with the aim to remove unnecessary siloes between technical and academic routes and support student decision-making through a simplified qualification offer.
The consultation includes a wider range of proposals to bring England in-line with some of its high-performing international counterparts. This includes the increasing of learning hours to a minimum of 1,475 over two years, and makes maths and English compulsory for all students up to the age of 18. Read the government’s proposals in full here.
The CBI’s response focused on the following points:
- Policymakers must be bolder in their ambition for curriculum breadth, and must support employers to assume a more active role in making young people ‘work ready'
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