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<p>The requested information has been supplied below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number
of pupils entering higher education having achieved at least one vocational GCSE qualification</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupils in
HE with at least one vocational GCSE by the end of key stage 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>28,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21,655</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: National Pupil Database, HESA dataset</p><p> </p><p>These changes are
the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives
for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated
value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now,
the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably
high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p>
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