Scrap GCSEs and A-levels, says Tony Blair Institute in call for ‘radical reform’

Students receiving their GCSE results. The report from the TBI says pupils should be taught critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaborative problem-solving. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

GCSEs and A-levels should be scrapped in favour of a system that better prepares school-leavers for the workplace, a report has suggested.

The study conducted by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) has recommended that the education system in England be radically changed so that students can thrive in a work environment that is becoming increasingly shaped by automation and artificial intelligence.