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Written question asked by Lord Quirk (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 4 November 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 November 2014. It was answered by Lord Nash (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 November 2014 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Education

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 23 October (HL2026), why students without grade C maths and English whose school leaving age was raised in 2013 will have to wait until September 2015 for the new core maths level 3 and will be without a special "stepping stone" qualification in English.

Answer

The new core maths qualification is designed for students who have already achieved a GCSE grade C and wish to continue studying maths but not necessarily at AS/A level.

Qualifications are already available for students that have not achieved a GCSE C grade in either maths or English but are not yet ready to retake their GCSE.

A list of 263 stepping stone qualifications for teaching from September 2014 was published on 17 July and is updated regularly. 178 of those qualifications are specifically for English, 79 for maths and 6 combined.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2619
Session
2014-15
Related items
Education
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Further education English language Qualifications School leaving Sixth form education Mathematics
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk