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Did you sit vocational qualifications in the past and more recently in England? We would like to hear from you

Secondary school pupils moving by a window in a school UK, blurred movement
Did you study vocational qualifications at school? Photograph: Peter Lopeman/Alamy

Teenagers are to be offered new vocational GCSEs in England, marking the biggest changes to the qualification for more than a decade.

From 2029, pupils will be able to supplement compulsory GCSE subjects such as English, maths and sciences with courses including building and construction, creative media production and child development.

The Department for Education (DfE) said the new GCSEs would be two-year courses taken in year 10 and 11, “with nationally set content, grading and assessment” and regulated by Ofqual, England’s qualifications watchdog, to the same standards as academic GCSEs.

We would like to speak to people who sat vocational qualifications in the past and more recently. How helpful were they for you to pursue further education or secure a job?

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