The announcement that schools in England will be able to offer technical subjects from age 14 is a welcome step towards an education system better aligned with the world young people are entering.

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For too long, practical and vocational routes have been treated as secondary to traditional academic subjects, despite giving pupils the skills, confidence and experience they need to build successful careers.

But something is missing from the policy: If technical education is about preparing pupils for the modern workplace, why has nobody mentioned digital literacy?

Digital literacy is one of the most important technical skills young people can learn, so as technology becomes embedded in virtually every profession, our definition of technical skills needs to evolve alongside it.

Today, almost every career requires some level of digital competence. Whether a young person becomes an engineer, nurse, builder, accountant, designer or teacher, they will be expected to use digital........

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