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• English and maths for all students until they achieve good grades

Schools Minister Nick Gibb yesterday set out proposals to overhaul post-16 education and give students the best chance to go on to university or skilled employment.

Consultations launched yesterday by the Department for Education and the Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA) recommend that:

• The complex funding system should be simplified and made fairer so it works in favour of students. Schools and colleges will be funded on a per student basis rather than per qualification.
• All students aged 16 to 19 without a grade C or better in GCSE English and maths should continue to study those subjects. This year’s annual skills survey from the CBI found that more than two-fifths of employers were not satisfied with the basic literacy of school and college leavers.

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