Following a 10-week consultation, guidance released by the department lists the characteristics vocational qualifications need to include to be counted within school performance tables.
The purpose of the change is to stop schools from picking subjects that will simply boost their position in the league tables, but not benefit pupils in their journey to further education or employment.
Currently, all qualifications count in performance tables even if they do not include external assessment.
But from 2014, only qualifications that offer pupils proven progression into a broad range of further qualifications or careers post-16; are the same level as a GCSE or more advanced; or have a substantial proportion of external assessment and grades such as A*-G not rather than pass or fail, will be counted.
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