Standards Testing Agency
A moratorium has been put in place on new technical and applied qualifications entering the 16 to 18 performance tables. This will remain until the post-16 qualifications review at level 3 and below has concluded.
The review may lead to significant changes in the qualifications offered by awarding bodies to students. It may also be the case that some qualifications continue to be offered, but are no longer funded by the Department for Education, in which case it would not be appropriate for them to be covered by the YLS contract.
Given the uncertainty about future changes to the system, a moratorium has been imposed on including new technical and applied qualifications in the YLS until the moratorium ends.
This moratorium does not apply to GCSE, GCE and Functional Skills qualifications, which will still be considered as normal.
Key stage 4 Technical Awards
A list of key stage 4 Technical Award qualifications approved for inclusion in 2024 performance tables is found at Key stage 4 qualifications, discount codes and point scores.
In 2023, the YLS will collect papers for Technical Award qualifications included in