{"id":130809,"date":"2023-09-22T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130809"},"modified":"2023-09-22T17:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:58:02","slug":"headteachers-slam-rishi-sunaks-plans-to-replace-a-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/headteachers-slam-rishi-sunaks-plans-to-replace-a-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Headteachers slam Rishi Sunak&apos;s plans to replace A-levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Headteachers slam Rishi Sunak&#8217;s plans to replace A-levels with &#8216;British baccalaureate&#8217; as &#8216;no more than a sketchy slogan&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The new continental-style qualification will allow pupils to study more subjects<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Headteachers have slammed Rishi Sunak&#8217;s plans to scrap A-levels and replace it with a &#8216;British baccalaureate&#8217;, branding it as &#8216;no more than a sketchy slogan&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister is working on a radical shake-up in education which would see a move to a more continental system, as well as a compulsion for students to study English and Maths until the age of 18.<\/p>\n<p>But headteachers have dismissed the proposals as meaningless and rushed, particularly as Mr Sunak has failed to consult the education sector on his plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed baccalaureate-style qualification, students will study more subjects than the usual three or four courses taken at A-levels, or an apprenticeship in one subject.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils will also be able to pot for so-called T-levels, which will aim to focus on only one subject over a two-year period.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/17\/75737989-0-image-a-2_1695401660866.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed baccalaureate-style qualification, students will study more subjects than the usual three or four courses taken at A-levels, or an apprenticeship in one subject<\/p>\n<p>Whilst some school leaders have supported the widening of subjects covered in post-16 education, they have also warned that the proposals lack detail, suggesting that they are a rehashing of the prime Minister&#8217;s plan to make English and Maths compulsory until the age of 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>David Robinson from the Education Policy Institute, said: &#8216;For any reforms to be successful the government must address the funding and recruitment issues faced by sixth forms and colleges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A broader curriculum will require more teaching hours and more teachers. Yet since 2010 funding for students aged 16-18 has lagged behind funding for younger students and those in higher education, leading colleges to suffer from a vacancy rate of over 5 per cent, far higher than in schools.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Furthermore, only half of students study A levels, with the other half largely taking applied or vocational alternatives or lower-level qualifications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These students must not be neglected in any efforts to increase the breadth of the post-16 curriculum.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told The Times: &#8216;There is merit in looking at increasing subject breadth in post-16 education but the idea of a &#8216;British baccalaureate&#8217; is no more than a sketchy slogan, with the prime minister&#8217;s rehashed plan for compulsory maths until the age of 18 bolted on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Would the British baccalaureate replace A-levels, T-levels, BTecs and existing functional skills qualifications, incorporate them, or be layered on top of them?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The government has spent a fortune on introducing T-levels \u2014 a highly specialised qualification which fills the timetable on its own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/17\/75738087-0-image-a-3_1695401752795.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister is working on a radical shake-up in education which would see a move to a more continental system, as well as a compulsion for students to study English and Maths until the age of 18<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is difficult to see how this could then be incorporated into a British baccalaureate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There has been no discussion with the education sector about this idea and without any detail of what is being proposed it is a policy which is largely meaningless.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shadow education secretary,\u00a0Bridget Phillipson, said: &#8216;First narrowing the technical curriculum, then maths to 18 for everyone, now widening the academic curriculum \u2026 This isn&#8217;t policy. It&#8217;s undeliverable and incoherent gimmickry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;The prime minister has moved from climate chaos to curriculum chaos.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak has previously said that education is &#8216;single most important reason why I came into politics&#8217; with ambitious plans of transforming the sector to provide &#8216;world-class institutions&#8217; modelled on Russell Group universities.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Halfon, the former chairman of the education select committee, said: &#8216;The advantage of the British baccalaureate is it will mean that students have a much wider curriculum so they get the skills that they need and employers want&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Department for Education spokesman said: &#8216;We have already taken steps to reform the post-16 qualifications landscape, including reforming technical education and delivering millions of new high-quality apprenticeships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Alongside this, we have set out bold plans to ensure that every young person studies some form of maths up to the age of 18 to give them the skills they need to succeed in the jobs of the future&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12550383\/Headteachers-Rishi-Sunak-plans-Alevels-British-baccalaureate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headteachers slam Rishi Sunak&#8217;s plans to replace A-levels with &#8216;British baccalaureate&#8217; 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