Guidance

2017 performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications

Technical and vocational qualifications for teaching from September 2015 and reporting in 2017 performance tables.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 10 December 2014
• Last updated: 28 July 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

2017 key stage 4 performance tables: qualifications in the technical award category

Ref: DFE-00686-2014

PDF, 539 KB, 12 pages

2017 16 to 19 performance tables: qualifications in the technical certificate category

Ref: DFE-00097-2015

PDF, 637 KB, 19 pages

2017 16 to 19 performance tables: qualifications in the tech level category

Ref: DFE-00096-2015

PDF, 972 KB, 26 pages

2017 16 to 19 performance tables: qualifications in the applied general category

Ref: DFE-00095-2015

PDF, 506 KB, 18 pages

Details

These documents include:

• 2 new qualification categories:
  • technical awards, for reporting in the key stage 4 performance tables in 2017 (these are practical qualifications for 14- to 16-year-old students)
  • technical certificates, for reporting in the 16 to 19 performance tables in 2017
• the list of qualifications in the tech level category, for reporting in the 16 to 19 performance tables in 2017
• the list of qualifications in the applied general qualifications category, for reporting in the 16 to 19 performance tables in 2017

Published 10 December 2014

Last updated 28 July 2015 + show all updates

1. 28 July 2015

   Updated the document for qualifications in the technical award category.

2. 12 June 2015

   Updated '2017 key stage 4 performance tables: qualifications in the technical award category' document to reflect the addition of one qualification.

3. 6 March 2015

   Updated the hyperlinks in the 3 '2017 16 to 19 performance tables' documents: 'qualifications in the technical certificate category', 'qualifications in the tech level category' and 'qualifications in the applied general category'.

4. 26 February 2015

   Replaced '2017 key stage 4 performance tables: qualifications in the technical award category' to reflect the addition of new level 1 qualifications - the document introduction explains the changes.

5. 16 February 2015

   Updated '2017 16 to 19 performance tables: qualifications in the tech level category' document. 2 'Active IQ' qualifications have moved from health and social care to the sport and active leisure section.

6. 9 February 2015

   Updated qualification lists in all documents.

7. 31 December 2014

   Added the corrected '2017 16 to 19 performance tables: qualifications in the applied general category' document.

8. 29 December 2014

   Temporarily removed '2017 16 to 19 performance tables: qualifications in the applied general category' to correct a technical error.

9. 18 December 2014

   Added the document '2017 16 to 19 performance tables: qualifications in the applied general qualifications category'.

10. 10 December 2014

    First published.