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Vocational Education

Commons · Question 27693 · Tabled 7 Sep 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating provisions or early-adopter frameworks for schools wishing to implement the new technical education pathways for 14 year olds for the 2027 GCSE

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 15 Sep 2026

The department is at an early stage of developing the new technical education pathways. Our ambition is to give every young person access to high-quality technical education pathways from age 14 and support progression into further study, training and ski...