Next steps for Providers
Information for post-16 providers on the next steps towards delivery of T Levels. This includes information on:
- the T Level Foundation Year
- T Level subjects
- registering to deliver T Levels
- capital funding
T Level action plan: 2023 to 2024
The T Level action plan gives an update on government’s progress in reforming technical education as set out in the post-16 skills plan. This includes information on:
- the rollout of T Levels
- T Level provider information
- progression to and from T Levels
Technical education learner survey 2023: progression of the first T Level cohort
A report on T Level learners' outcomes, destinations, future plans and course experiences.
The Department for Education has announced it will pause the removal of 16-19 funding from qualifications that overlap with T Levels. This will provide time to complete a focused review that will recommend necessary changes. For more information please visit the .
A full list of City & Guilds qualifications that will continue to be funded for 16–19-year-olds for the 2024-2025 academic year can be found here.
Wave 4 T Levels
The government has recently announced a provisional list of qualifications that will have 16-to-19 funding withdrawn from 1 August 2025 due to an overlap with wave 4 T Levels (Agriculture, Environmental and Animal Care and Creative and Design).
Wave 3 T Levels
The government has recently announced a final list of qualifications that will have 16-to-19 funding withdrawn from 1 August 2025 due to an overlap with wave 3 T Levels (Engineering & Manufacturing, Business & Administration, Legal, Finance & Accounting).
Wave 1 & 2 T levels
The government has published final list of qualifications that will have 16-to-19 funding withdrawn for new starts from 1 August 2024 due to overlap with wave 1 and 2 T Levels (Construction & the Built Environment, Digital, Education & Childcare and Health & Science).
Guidance for providers and employers
This guidance outlines the key roles and responsibilities for providers and employers in delivering high-quality placements at each stage of the placement i.e., pre, during, and post-placement. It also sets out information about what must happen when students have been unable to complete the minimum placement hours before the end of the second year of the T Level programme.
Connect with employers interested in T Levels
Add the Connect with employers service to your DfE sign in account to ensure you can view over 65 employers from across England interested in T Levels.
If you are delivering – or planning to deliver – T Levels the T Level Professional Development (TLPD) offer from the ETF has been commissioned by the Department for Education and developed with experts in collaboration with learning providers and employers, to support you.
A new Exams support hub, connected to the new Teaching and Assessment Hub, is now live on the City & Guilds website. The Exams support hub includes new guidance, webinar recordings, FAQs and more to help our customers and learners through the Autumn and Summer series.
Visit the Exams hub
View details of providers selected to deliver T Levels and providers intending to deliver the T Level transition programme.