The Latest Breaking News from BTecs

The Guardian view on post-16 qualifications: the case for V-levels replacing BTecs is unproven

Editorial: Pausing the scrapping of existing qualifications was the right decision. But the wider battle over further education continues

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15

T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds

The NAO has suggested that more popular vocational qualifications should be retained until T-levels can be fully evaluated

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025

The threat to BTec courses in England is the educational scandal no one’s talking about

Snobbery and a lack of transparency around Labour’s review may be why there isn’t more outrage, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

Many students will have no suitable course of study under ‘reckless’ BTec plans

Young people will ‘pay the price’ if plans to withdraw funding for a number of applied general qualifications, such as BTecs, go ahead, report warns.

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Former education ministers attack plan to reduce vocational qualifications

Coalition fears DfE may break pledges that only small percentage of qualifications will be replaced by T-levels

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2023

The battle for BTECs

Plans to axe popular BTEC courses are being opposed by many head teachers

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

Tories accused of failing BTEC students as dozens still waiting for results

Shadow Education Minister Toby Perkins said Tories are providing a 'second class service' for students getting vocational qualifications as they are not delivering for Britain

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

When is BTEC Results Day 2022? Date, time and what to expect

Students across the country will be waiting in anticipation for results on exams and grades that could determine their future. But when is BTEC Results Day 2022?

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

End of BTECs could increase NHS vacancies, healthcare leaders warn

The NHS Confederation has written to Education Secretary James Cleverly with concerns over the ‘short-sighted’ decision.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

NHS to miss out on recruiting thousands of nurses if BTecs are scrapped

Hospital bosses issue warning as government moves to end technical qualifications for healthcare students

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022