Vocational GCSEs won’t arrive until 2029 – but clean energy skills can be found in the curriculum now

By Vahid Vahidinasab, Full Professor and Chair in Sustainability, Academic Research Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Innovation (CSI), University of Salford

Over the next few months, most year nine pupils in England (aged 13–14) will choose their GCSE options. For those curious about the jobs behind the clean energy systems, heat pumps, electric cars and buses now appearing on their streets, the government’s new vocational GCSEs will arrive just too late.

The Department for Education announced the new qualifications in September 2026. They will have nationally set content, with assessment and grading…

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