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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Rishi Sunak’s A-level overhaul plan is undeliverable gimmick, says Labour

Rishi Sunak meets students during a visit to Mulberry school for girls in east London in July
So far discussions over what a sixth form baccalaureate may contain appear confined to Rishi Sunak and Downing Street. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/PA

Rishi Sunak’s desire to overhaul A-levels was denounced as an “undeliverable gimmick” by Labour and met with scepticism by school leaders who said funding and teacher shortages were far more urgent concerns.

A series of news reports claim the prime minister is planning changes to what students in England are taught after GCSEs, including compulsory maths and English classes as part of a broader “British baccalaureate” qualification.

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