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Vocational qualification reform: number of students applying to HE with reformed BTEC qualifications

2018 sees the first substantive award of reformed vocational qualifications in England.

Posted Wed 11 July 2018

Below is a breakdown of the number of students applying to HE with reformed BTEC qualifications, and the number of individual qualification entries.

BTEC title Number of qualification entries Number of applicants
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (180) 1,043 999
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (360) 14,399 11,929
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (510) 1,174 1,066
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (540) 362 357
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (720) 5,252 5,072
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (1,080) 6,603 6,285
Total 28,833 25,708

When including the unreformed QCF versions of BTECs, the above accounts for around 28% of applicants who declared one or more BTEC qualifications, and 26% of total BTEC entries declared.

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