Following Professor Alison Wolf’s review of vocational qualifications last year, the government said only the highest quality qualifications will be included in secondary school performance tables.
Further to guidance published last October, the government has revealed that just 125 qualifications will be approved to feature in the league tables from January 2015 compared with the current 3,175.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said: "For too long the system has been devalued by attempts to pretend that all qualifications are intrinsically the same. Young people have taken courses that have led nowhere."
Schools will be free to offer any other qualification accredited and approved for study by 14- to 16-year-olds, but they will not count towards the league tables.
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