BTECs
You might like to check out the following to find out the detail of BTEC equivalence. I'm afraid I can't find the link, but I did get it originally from the internet/google.
GUIDE TO UK SCHOOL LEAVING, FURTHER EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS (2003-04)
The nature of BTECs, which individual colleges can design for themselves, seems to cause some concern. The document offers the following summary:
Great care needs to be exercised to ensure that the documentary evidence offered by a candidate is either a 'Certificate or Achievement' or a 'Notification of Performance' issued by the BTEC. In urgent cases a BTEC Student Report Form or college result slip or certificate may be accepted as evidence of the candidate's achievements. , However, any doubtful cases will be referred for validation.