In this document we set out in detail how we will implement 14-19 Education and Skills and how, in doing so, we will create a system capable of offering a new set of curriculum and qualifications opportunities, truly built around the needs and aspirations of each young person.
Our aim is a system of 14-19 education matching the best anywhere; a system where all young people have opportunities to learn in ways which motivate and stretch them and through hard work qualify themselves for success in life; one where educational opportunity and chances in life do not depend on accident of birth, but are uniformly available to all young people.
In our White Paper, 14-19 Education and Skills, we set out our policy proposals for introducing the qualifications and curriculum changes that would be necessary to create that system. Since then, our Green Paper, Youth Matters, and our White Paper, Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, have set out how services for young people and the schools system will be reformed to achieve the same ends; and our White Paper, Getting on in Business, Getting on at Work, has set out plans for continuing skills development for adults.
