What are the Diplomas?
Diplomas will run alongside GCSEs and A Levels from 2009. By 2013, students will be entitled to choose any of the 17 Diploma subject areas, or ‘lines of learning’ offered. Not all schools will be able to run all 17 lines of learning, which means schools will need to work together in innovative ways to teach through educational partnerships. The Diploma has been developed with the input of over 5,000 employers and higher education institutions who have been very clear about the sorts of skills they need the workforce of the future to have. The Longcroft Partnership of schools and colleges will run the GCSE equivalent Foundation and Higher Diploma from 2009. We will run the level 3 equivalent Advanced Diploma from September 2010. What is the new Creative and Media Diploma? The Diploma in Creative and Media is an exciting new qualification for young people in England aged 14-19, who want to learn about some of the UK’s most dynamic industries, such as performing arts, media and art and de
