V-level

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Noun

V-level (plural V-levels)

1. (UK, education) A proposed vocational qualification for 16-year-olds.
   • 2025 October 19, Ella Pickover, “New ‘V-Level’ qualification to sit alongside A-Levels: The Government also announced plans to help children who have not passed maths and English at GCSE”, in The Independent, London:

     It said the V-Levels will offer more choice as pupils will be able to sit them alongside A-Levels, unlike T-Levels – which are equivalent to three A-Levels.

   • 2025 October 21, Hazel Shearing, “New V-level courses to be brought in for students after GCSEs”, in BBC‎:

     New vocational courses called V-levels will be rolled out for 16-year-olds under government plans to simplify a "confusing landscape" of qualifications in England.

Related terms

• A-level
• T Level

References

• BBC News: "New V-level courses to be brought in for students after GCSEs"