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Post 16 Qualifications
A Parent's Guide
There are a number of different types of course available at Yeovil College; all of them part of a national framework of qualifications. Each type of course is assessed differently and will give a very different college experience. All are well established qualifications recognised by employers and by universities.
The National Framework
The framework establishes the equivalence of different types and levels of qualifications as shown below:
| Level |
Academic |
General Vocational |
Vocational |
Diploma |
|
1 |
GCSE Grades D-G |
BTEC Introductory |
NVQ1 |
Foundation |
|
2 |
GCSE Grades A*-C |
BTEC First |
NVQ2 |
Higher |
|
3
|
AS/A2
|
Applied A Level |
NVQ3 |
Advanced |
