{"id":86207,"date":"2026-03-10T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86207"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:44:22","slug":"first-v-levels-revealed-as-government-vows-to-end-snobbery-in-education-with-vocational-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/first-v-levels-revealed-as-government-vows-to-end-snobbery-in-education-with-vocational-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"First &#8216;V-levels&#8217; revealed as government vows to &#8216;end snobbery&#8217; in education with vocational courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1XTrWo.img?w=534&amp;h=355&amp;m=6\" alt=\"The new V-levels will be equivalent to A-levels, and also sit alongside T-levels as post-GCSE options\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first new V-level courses have been revealed, as the government vows to &#8216;end snobbery&#8217; in education and broaden options after GCSEs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/lifestyle\/lifestylegeneral\/first-v-levels-revealed-as-government-vows-to-end-snobbery-in-education-with-vocational-courses\/ar-AA1XTrOo?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69afeb29b8cf48fa8a7d04f1ad0228af&amp;ei=90\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The first new V-level courses have been revealed, as the government vows to &#8216;end snobbery&#8217; in education and broaden options after GCSEs&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bridget-Phillipson.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86208,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86207\/revisions\/86208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}