But it was \u201cblocked\u201d and left \u201cunresolved before the election\u201d when it went through the \u201cwrite-round\u201d process \u2013 where other departments give their views. It is not known why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DfE says pledge was ‘made by previous government’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n A timeline on the OCR exam board\u2019s website, updated in July, said the GCSE would now be taught from 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The DfE said this week the GCSE was a \u201ccommitment made by the previous government\u201d and \u201cthis government will set out its policy priorities in due course\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Separately, when asked when the qualification would be made available in schools, schools minister Catherine McKinnell pointed to the new government\u2019s curriculum and assessment review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe review will consider the current qualification pathways available at key stage 4 and key stage 5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ministers urged to ‘fast track it through the system’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Colwell, who worked with the OCR and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas on the plan, said the lack of commitment was \u201chugely disappointing\u201d after \u201call the time, passion and energy that was put into developing the GCSE, and the overwhelmingly positive response the idea received\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI urge the Department for Education consider the power that lies behind this qualification and to fast track it through the system. We owe it to the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other curriculum plans by the last government remain in limbo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Times<\/em> reported Labour had shelved a planned model history curriculum, with members of the expert panel advised by the DfE that it was no longer needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMeanwhile a primary science model curriculum, pledged to be developed by 2023, is well overdue. A cultural education plan was meant to be formed by the end of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labour has also not said what it will do with the previous government\u2019s review of relationships, sex and health education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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