A report has found provision varies wildly across the country because the structure of post-16 education is based on history and institutional ambitions, rather than on evidence of what actually works.
According to the research, which was funded by the charitable education consultancy CfBT Education Trust, current policy tends to focus on individual institutions, which negatively affects any attempt to manage provision locally.
The report recommends introducing sub-regional and area performance indicators and a new post-16 education admissions system and suggests scrapping central government initiatives that do not take local needs into account.
Tony McAleavey, education director at CfBT Education Trust, said: "What is required is organisational arrangements based on evidence of what works best to meet the needs of all learners in an area."
The report, By Accident or Design - Is Our System of Post-16 Provision Fit for Purpose?, will be launched on 9 June in Westminster.
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