Farm school outraged at plan for land courses
This article reveals the possible consequences of the Government’s decision to downgrade more than 3,100 vocational qualifications currently measured in school league tables. For Brymore School in Cannington, Somerset, from 2015 while land-based BTECs would no longer appear on the curriculum other vocational subjects including beauty therapy will.
Mark Thomas, Brymore’s Headteacher explains “”Schools as unique as Brymore, who specialise in land-based studies, are being forced to consider our options – or risk being labelled as ‘unsuccessful’. How can schools justify investment in school farms when these qualifications no longer count? The message is clear – land-based studies in schools are not valued.”