New Qualification - Personal, Health, Social and

Careers Education

Many local schools in the Leicester area had hoped to offer the revised LPDP course commencing this September. QCA has put on hold all new qualifications in this curriculum area as ' new guidelines for PSCHE are due to go into school in 2007 (to be implemented in September 2008)' . Centres around the country are extremely disappointed with this decision. However, it is not all disappointing news.

As a result of this QCA decision, the existing NOCN qualification has been given a further two year extension and therefore remains on the Section 96 list of approved qualification.

Specifications for the new qualification (not yet approved)