The Government will double the number of trade training places available to secondary school students over the next four years.
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The Government will double the number of trade training places available to secondary school students over the next four years, funded by savings from the scrapping of final-year Fees Free.
Budget 2026 will increase Trades Academy places from 10,000 to 20,000, with the extra places phased in from the beginning of the 2027 school year.
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