§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on implementation of the revised level 3 curriculum for 2000–01 as it affects teaching and staffing at further education and sixth form colleges and school sixth forms, respectively. [96111]
§ Mr. WicksThe 16–19 qualification reforms arising from the Government's 1997 "Qualifying for Success" consultation document will be introduced for teaching in further education and sixth form colleges and school sixth forms from September 2000. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has already issued detailed guidance on how different types of institution might introduce the broader, more demanding post-16 curriculum which the reforms are designed to encourage, in the light of their own circumstances and the resources—including staffing levels—available to them. In addition, the Government have made available substantial additional resources specifically for staff development and training in support of the introduction of the new qualifications next year. Many schools and colleges have already indicated that they will be responding positively and constructively to the opportunities which the revised advanced level curriculum will create.