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The BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma dates back to the 1930s as a full-time three-year course. After the Haselgrave Report, the Business Education Council (BEC) and Technician Education Council (TEC) took over the accrediting of this qualification (called the "Ordinary National Diploma") and others in the stable, such as the National Certificate, Higher National Certificate and Higher National ...
Edexcel (also known since 2013 as Pearson Edexcel) [2] is a British multinational education and examination body formed in 1996 and wholly owned by Pearson plc since 2005. It is the only privately owned examination board in the United Kingdom. [3] Its name is a portmanteau term combining the words education and excellence.
An Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) is a vocational further education qualification in the United Kingdom, awarded by BTEC. It is at Level 3, equivalent to A Levels. [1] The qualification was introduced in 1921. [2]
Next to it was the Fenton Manor Sports Complex. Originally build with a capacity of 700 students, it eventually came to teach more than double that figure. [3] The idea of a 'University Quarter' was first announced in 2004, [5] and was developed for the next few years. [6] A December 2004 report gave most teaching staff a grade of good or ...
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The last session for January Exams is January 2023 (Academic Year September 2022 to August 2023) and the first session for November Exams is November 2023 (Academic Year September 2023 to August 2024). [8] The exams are set by Edexcel which also sets GCSE exams in the UK. [9]
It currently offers more than 60 AS/A Level and BTEC courses. Exam results improved in 2012; the A Level pass rate was 97.5%, with 42% of grades at A*-B. The BTEC Level 3 Diploma pass rate was 97.4%, with 72% of passes at high grades.
Until the mid-1990s, academic exam boards and vocational accreditors were run very much as separate organisations. In more recent times, this distinction has been removed, with all the term 'awarding bodies' now being used. This article focuses on the contemporary and historical awarding bodies that set academic exams in state schools.