The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced that A-levels will be transformed into the Advanced British Standard (ABS).
Everything you need to know about the proposed changes can be found on ‘The Education Hub’, a website created by the government Department for Education. International families can consider this a trusted source of information on the UK education system with the most up to date news on education.
Key highlights from the article:
1. The Advanced British Standard (ABS) will replace A Levels and pupils that have started primary school this academic year are expected to be the first cohort to take the new qualification. A full roll-out is expected over the next 10 years.
2. The ABS qualifications will require students to study a minimum of five subjects which will be a mixture of academic and technical e.g. digital, legal services, agriculture.
3. Students will be able to decide between taking subjects as ‘majors’ or ‘minors’. For example, a student could take 3 majors alongside 2 minors.
4. English and Maths will be a requirement until the age of 18.