Schools Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cEmployers [in the arts industry] are so happy with the extended diploma, because it\u2019s made people adaptable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have so many stories [\u2026] of people taking up jobs straight away with tech companies, with dance companies, with education, theatre companies, because they’ve been given the chance to go deep into their art form.\u201d<\/p>\n
T-levels \u2018too rigid\u2019 for arts<\/h3>\n Adrianne Chapman, the school\u2019s vice-principal, said that while T-levels \u201cwork really well in certain spheres\u201d such as hospitality and engineering, they risked being too rigid and fixed towards a specific career path.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe creative industries in their nature need agile, adaptable, amendable people, [who are] open to change, so some of the rigidity of the occupational standards is a concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of our young people want to be creatives in a broad sense, and they might specialise, but we don’t cut off avenues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have amazing dancers that are now broadcasters, because that\u2019s where the career took them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing quite linear on a narrow path to one particular job poses quite a lot of challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n
The BRIT School has been asked to be involved in developing the T-level for performing and the creative arts, with Worden saying it would aim for it to be as close to the existing level 3 diploma as possible.<\/p>\n
But he warned that if pupils were not given a chance to study the arts at a deep level, they would have to do so outside of school time if they wanted to get into competitive performing arts schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you wanted to be an international footballer and you are only allowed to do that for five hours a week, it’s never going to happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea that only those that could afford to do additional training outside of the school curriculum would have a chance of getting into high establishments \u2026 it’s surely not what any government would want.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was unable to say at this stage whether the school would offer V-levels or T-levels after the extended diploma was phased out.<\/p>\n
Case-by-case basis<\/h3>\n The government said it would look at subjects on a case-by-case basis to decide whether a large qualification was needed. In these cases they would become T-levels rather than V-levels.<\/p>\n
But Labour peer Jane Ramsey said the response was \u201cplain silly\u201d during a recent House of Lords debate.<\/p>\n
Ramsey, whose daughter attends the BRIT School, said this was \u201cpointlessly destructive of world-beating creative vocational education\u201d.<\/p>\n
She urged the government to rethink its response and \u201cback the wonderful provision that already exists\u201d.<\/p>\n
Elstree Screen Arts, a creative arts state school in Hertfordshire, currently offers extended diplomas and two T Levels, launching the media broadcast T Level last year.<\/p>\n
Principal Chris Mitchell said he has significant concerns about the speed of implementation for the new vocational qualifications, and the defunding of existing diplomas \u201cthat are serving specific industrial sectors well and working effectively with students\u201d.<\/p>\n
“We are still awaiting detail regarding combination rules for different courses and we have no way of planning for industrial partnership or flexible delivery, yet defunding plans are scheduled from now until 2030 for different sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Department for Education spokesperson said: \u201cV-levels are deliberately A-level-sized so students can combine them flexibly, and support progression into higher level learning.<\/p>\n
\u201cT-levels will be the only large qualification for students who want a sector-focused choice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will work with the further education sector to make sure that V-levels and T-levels meet the needs of creative industries and the students who want to pursue them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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