T Levels December 2024 update
Welcome to December's T Level Update. This is our last update of the year, and what a busy year it’s been. Two new T Levels started delivery, two contracts retained, and two new contracts won – not to mention the pause and review for level 3 and the curriculum and assessment review.
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It's T Levels Celebration Week 2– 6 December!
As one of the first awarding organisations to deliver T Levels, we’re so proud to be marking this moment and celebrating the success of the students. Join us on social media as we celebrate T Level success throughout the week using the hashtag #TLevelsWeek.
Read our T Level success stories for more information on some of our amazing T Level learners
Now that T Levels have been running for four years, we are able to implement a more flexible Provider monitoring process.
We have published two new support documents on the training and admin support page, under the quality assurance and assessment heading. Please take time to read these and see how the changes impact you:
- T Level Provider Monitoring QA Guidance, which explains how the process works
- T Level Provider Monitoring, a PDF version of the self-assessment form
Providers can still make student registrations onto the Technical Qualification for cohorts starting this academic year.
The standard registration window is now closed; any registrations made will now be subject to late registration fees. You can find admin support videos on making registrations and managing learner details on our training and admin support page.
Entries for the Occupational Specialism for the summer 2025 series are now open. You must make an entry for every student wishing to enter the assessment.
The transition guide for centres moving from BTEC Nationals in Construction to the T Level, including mapping of BTEC National units to the core content areas, is now available to download from the course materials page.
Download the transition mapping guide
Pearson has been working with the Gatsby Foundation to provide high quality teaching resources for several topics in the Core: Law, Maths and Modern Methods of Construction. These will be published shortly on Gatsby’s Technical Education Networks site.
Explore Construction resources on the Technical Education Networks site
We are currently scoping support materials to help improve students’ performance in the Core exams. This could include support on exam technique or specific resources based on past paper questions and examiner reports. Plus, from the 2025/26 academic year, we will make changes to scheduling to give students more time to revise between the papers. We are keen to hear any other suggestions you may have; please contact gabriel.staples@pearson.com
CITB offers grants to employers who take on T Level students in industry placements. Please share this with your employers and encourage them to apply.
Read more about CITB’s Into Work grant
Finally, a reminder that the Hazardous Materials specialism will be withdrawn from 2025 and replaced from 2026 with a new specialism that helps progress to supervision and management; Construction Project Management is a working title.
If you haven’t already downloaded the support and guidance released so far, be sure to do so now so you have them to hand. These include:
- Schemes of work for the Core
- Delivery guides for the Core
- Example delivery model
- Specimen assessments for the Core and Occupational Specialisms
Recently added
- Schemes of work and delivery guides for many Occupational Specialisms (more to be added soon)
- Administrative support guides for the Employer Set Project
You can download all of these from each qualification’s course materials page.
Access course materials for Craft and Design
Access course materials for Media, Broadcast and Production
We are working on recorded training for the Occupational Specialisms and remaining schemes of work and delivery guides, so look out for these soon.
We will be releasing monthly podcast updates throughout our refresh of the Digital qualifications. We have just released our second episode, this time focusing on the Occupational Specialisms.
Listen to the Digital T Levels Development podcast on Spotify
Gatsby are continuing the rollout the Digital T Level; they have been created by industry experts like Raspberry Pi and our own examiners to support your delivery. For information, keep an eye on Gatsby's website.
We have worked with Cisco and their Networking Academy on teaching resources for Python and other programming languages used in the Occupational Specialism. It's completely free to sign up and become a Cisco Networking Academy centre.
Access the resources and find out more at the Cisco Networking Academy
These T Levels will be delivered by Pearson from September 20254. This will not affect your 2024 intake; those students will complete their T level with NCFE.
Join our Provider Panel, giving you advance sight of the new specification and assessments by contacting Andrew Hambelton via tlevelsemployers@pearson.com.
So far, we have updated the specification, Core exams and ESP and will share the Occupational Specialisms with our panels in December.
We have resources to support your delivery, including schemes of work for the Core and Occupational Specialism components, exemplar materials for the Employer Set Project, and a Content Overview for Core Paper 2.
We've recently added a podcast series from our examiners that will guide you through the core papers, our schemes of work and other aspects of our qualification.
Explore the resources on the course materials page
We will release new teaching and learning materials for the Core in December and January. The first set will focus on Core Element 14: the legal services sector.
Curriculum planners for the Core and Occupational Specialism components are now available with a range of other new support materials.
Explore the resources on the course materials page
Our partner, The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), has a dedicated T Levels page to support you.
Our partner, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), has a range of support for the Accounting T Level.
We have published the draft qualification description on our website.
Download the draft qualification description
We are currently working with the IfATE and Ofqual for approval of the specification. Gaining approval will take several weeks and we will update you as soon as we can.
All T Levels have Provider and Employer panels to assist with the development and delivery.
This term, we undertake the annual content and assessment review to prepare specifications for September 2025. If you would like to contribute to Legal, Finance or Accounting, please get in touch.
The review is more significant for Generation 2 T Levels. For those already delivering the Generation 1 T Levels, it is important we hear your views and collaborate on creating a qualification that meets the needs of you and your students. The sector updates below have specific details as to how you can support.
If you or any employer would like to get involved, please contact Andrew Hambelton via tlevelsemployers@pearson.com
Our training and admin support page gathers everything you need to support your T Level delivery:
- On-demand training such as Getting to Know the Specification, Employer Set Project training, Keeping it Simple materials, and our termly policy update.
- T Level live training where you can search for events and book Q&A networks, Getting Ready to Teach events, Getting Ready to Assess events.
- Our training archive collects recordings of past events if you are unable to attend any of our live training sessions or want to listen again.
- Administration documents and support, including key dates schedules, Provider approval guidance, administration support guides for assessment, videos to support making registrations and entries, understanding resit rules, and much more.
- Teaching support materials are padlocked, meaning they require an Edexcel Online account to access them. If you don't have Edexcel Online access, please speak to your centre exams officer.
If you need specific support with your T Level, our subject advisors are here to help. You can book a 15-minute one-to-one call where you can discuss any issue you are having with regards to planning or delivery of your T Level.
