The biggest change in education for 14 to 19-year-olds in the last 50 years will be explained at a meeting for parents and students.

Diplomas are being introduced from September for pupils to study alongside or as well as GCSEs and A-levels.

They will be outlined at a meeting for parents, students, teachers and employers on Tuesday, March 3, at the University of the Creative Arts, New Dover Road, Canterbury, from 6.30pm-8.30pm.

Philip Wicker, chairman of the Canterbury Partnership 14-19, said: “This is the biggest change in the secondary school curriculum in the last 50 years.

“Introducing the diploma has been a huge task. Schools and Cantebrury College have had to align their timetables. They will work together on teaching and assessing students.”

The first subjects to be taught in this area are creative and media and environmental and land based.

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