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Most GCSE equivalents axed from school league tables
Ministers have cut the value of more than 3,100 vocational qualifications, ending their recognition in England's school league tables.
Courses such as horse care can be worth the same as four GCSEs.
The government says this has created "perverse incentives" for schools to offer them and boost their position.
So from 2014, only 70 "equivalents" will count in the tables' headline GCSE measure and on a like-for-like basis with GCSEs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16789215
Oh my how the world has changed since I was at school.