Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing a “British baccalaureate” in what would be a major reform of post-16 education.
Mr Sunak might set out more about his plans at the Conservative Party conference, which starts on Sunday.
So what is a baccalaureate and what could a British version look like?
The word is a slight tweak of the French word for their national academic qualification, the baccalaureat.
The International Baccalaureate (IB), which first started in Switzerland, is taken in more than 150 countries.