Andy Burnham’s plans for technical education build on coalition’s UTC roots
Andy Burnham wants schools to develop technical and vocational courses for students aged 14 and above, responsive to local jobs market. Photograph: Juice Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham wants schools to develop technical and vocational courses for students aged 14 and above, responsive to local jobs market. I’m going to try to persuade the Conservative party to support this.”Lord Baker and Burnham may seem strange bedfellows.
- ▪Andy Burnham wants schools to develop technical and vocational courses for students aged 14 and above, responsive to local jobs market.
- ▪Photograph: Juice Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham wants schools to develop technical and vocational courses for students aged 14 and above, responsive to local jobs market.
- ▪I’m going to try to persuade the Conservative party to support this.”Lord Baker and Burnham may seem strange bedfellows.
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Andy Burnham wants schools to develop technical and vocational courses for students aged 14 and above, responsive to local jobs market. Photograph: Juice Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham wants schools to develop technical and vocational courses for students aged 14 and above, responsive to local jobs market. Photograph: Juice Images/AlamyVocational educationAnalysisAndy Burnham’s plans for technical education build on coalition’s UTC rootsSally Weale Education correspondentPM’s vocational model also takes inspiration from former education secretary Kenneth Baker’s visionWed 29 Jul 2026 03.00 EDTShareAndy Burnham’s plans to put academic and technical education routes on an equal footing in England have been welcomed by many, but none were more enthusiastic than the former…
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