14 to 19 technical and applied qualifications: technical guidance
Guidance for awarding organisations submitting technical and applied qualifications for school and college performance tables.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
These guidance documents explain the requirements for the Department for Education to include:
- technical qualifications for 14- to 16-year olds in school and college performance tables from 2024
- technical awards, technical certificates, tech levels or applied general qualifications in the key stage 4 and 16 to 18 performance tables from 2020
We’re not adding any new qualifications to:
- the key stage 4 (14 to 16) performance tables until further notice
- the 16 to 18 performance tables while the post-16 qualifications review is taking place
The list of key stage 4 qualifications and discount codes for the 2014 to 2025 performance tables is available.
Contact technical.education@education.gov.uk if you have any queries.
Technical guides for earlier performance tables are available in the National Archives.
Details
These guidance documents explain the requirements for the Department for Education to include:
- technical qualifications for 14- to 16-year olds in school and college performance tables from 2024
- technical awards, technical certificates, tech levels or applied general qualifications in the key stage 4 and 16 to 18 performance tables from 2020
We’re not adding any new qualifications to:
- the key stage 4 (14 to 16) performance tables until further notice
- the 16 to 18 performance tables while the post-16 qualifications review is taking place
The list of key stage 4 qualifications and discount codes for the 2014 to 2025 performance tables is available.
Contact technical.education@education.gov.uk if you have any queries.
Technical guides for earlier performance tables are available in the National Archives.
Updates to this page
Update history
2026-03-10 10:11
Added ‘16 to 18 performance tables qualifications: amendments for 2028’.
2024-11-29 12:58
Added ‘16 to 18 performance tables qualifications: amendments for 2027’.
2023-12-19 11:49
Added ‘Performance Measures Qualifications: amendments for 2026’.
2023-12-07 11:00
Updated the page details to confirm that we’re not currently adding any new qualifications to the key stage 4 and 16 to 18 performance tables. The review for submitting key stage 4 qualifications for 2027 performance tables will not open until further notice.
2023-02-08 16:30
Removed out of date documents. Updated the page details with information about the next review to submit qualifications for key stage 4 performance tables.