A coalition of former education ministers has attacked the government’s “disastrous” plan to scrap dozens of popular vocational qualifications in England and push students into taking its favoured new T-levels.
David Blunkett, the former Labour education secretary, said he feared that widespread scrapping of qualifications such as BTecs from 2025 could backfire and lead to more 17 and 18-year-olds opting to take A-levels rather than the vital vocational qualifications the country needs.
