54% of schools and colleges have changed the range of subjects or qualifications offered as a result of qualification reform, according to the latest UCAS qualifications survey.

The annual survey aims to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the response to qualification reform across the UK.

Outcomes from the survey in England include:

AS and A Level

• 55% of respondents will not offer the AS at all in the 2017-18 academic year. In the 2016-17 survey, this was 36%.
• 14% are offering the AS in all reformed subjects, and 29% in some. The previous survey indicated that 29% would offer the AS in all subjects, and 30% in some.
• 73% of respondents have changed their AS and A Level provision since 2015-16, and 59% since 2016-17.
  

• Where respondents have a GCSE requirement in English and maths to study post-16, the majority of respondents ask for a grade 4.
• 75% of respondents feel confident in identifying the standard that a student is performing at under the 9-1 grading scale.

• 23% of respondents do not feel that HE providers have a good understanding of these qualifications - a slight increase on 2016-17 (22%). 
• Schools and colleges offer a range of vocational qualifications awarded from different organisations and it is important for HE providers to reflect this diversity.
• The 360 GLH qualification is the most popular size of vocational qualification on offer, followed by the 720 GLH.