The measure was among those proposed by Professor Alison Wolf in her review of vocational education earlier this year.
The government has now responded to the review, accepting Wolf’s recommendations in full, in a bid to raise the profile of vocational qualifications and boost the skills of the young people who take them.
Education Secretary Michael Gove also outlined plans to reform league tables and funding rules to remove "the perverse incentives" that "devalue" vocational education.
Meanwhile, a performance measure will be introduced to assess the progress of both higher- and lower-attaining pupils. This is intended to stop schools and colleges from focusing their efforts on improving the grades of pupils on the C/D grade borderline at GCSE.
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