Collaborative Approaches to 14-19 Provision - Communities and ...

14-19 PATHFINDERS: THE SECOND YEAR446. The Nottingham approach to accrediting a wider range of achievement through itstariff-based curriculum and its linking to the Nottingham Passport is a bold and potentiallyimportant initiative which has certainly supported some of the innovations brought by thepathfinder. However, questions must remain about the external currency of this developmentin relation to further education, higher education and employment. Nottingham colleges,universities and some employers are said to be signed up to the approach, although it isuncertain how far this agreement runs within those organisations, while outside Nottinghamthe value of any over-arching awards separate from established, recognisable componentssuch as GCSEs is also uncertain.133