T Levels July 2024 update
Welcome to July’s T Level Update, our last for this academic year. For those of you lucky enough to be taking time off over the summer, we hope you have a super break; we’ll resume our updates in September 2024.
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As part of our responsibility for delivering the Technical Qualification, we issue results for the Core component (the Core exams and Employer Set Project) and the Occupational Specialism.
We will send component results to exams officers’ Edexcel Online mailboxes on 14 August 2024. These will consist of Statements of Results (one PDF per student) and a broadsheet of results for all students at the centre across all Technical Qualification components. The release of these component results to students is embargoed until 15 August 2024.
Pearson will transfer all component results to the DfE, who are responsible for:
- aggregating and issuing the overall T Level result via their Manage T-Level Results Service, including results from the two Technical Qualification components and the completion of the industry placement
- issuing T Level certificates and statements of achievement
- reporting T Level grades to UCAS.
For more information on these areas, explore the DfE’s T Levels support for schools and colleges or contact DfE directly.
If you have queries specifically relating to the Manage T Level Results Service, please contact tlevel.resultsandcertification@education.gov.uk.
The 2024 specification is now available on the website, applicable to learners starting in the 2024/25 academic year.
Download the 2024 specification
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
Remember, 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
As we plan for the next generation of the T Level in Construction, we'd like your feedback on any potential areas for improvement.
Alongside the final specifications, we have recently released schemes of work and delivery guides for Core content and specimen assessments for the Core and Occupational Specialisms. 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 currently working on further teaching and assessment support resources and training, so look out for these in the coming months:
- Live online training — T Level overview and Core assessments: July 2024
- Recorded training, schemes of work and delivery guides for Occupational Specialisms: autumn term 2024
You can download the provisional key dates schedules to help you plan and structure your programme from our training and admin support page.
The 2024 specification is now available on the website for learners starting in the 2024/25 academic year.
Download the 2024 specification
If you are interested in joining our Digital expert panel, please email david.pautsch@pearson.com.
Our curriculum planners to support delivery planning are available on the course materials page, with separate summer and autumn versions to reflect decoupling.
Download the curriculum planners
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
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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.
Explore the resources on the course materials page
Accounting
The 2024 Accounting specification is now available on the website, applicable to learners starting in the 2024/25 academic year.
Download the 2024 Accounting specification
Curriculum planners for the Core and Occupational Specialism components are available on the course materials page.
Download Accounting curriculum planners
The ACCA are planning an employer webinar to gain their interest in supporting your student's industry placements. Please contact rob.alder@accaglobal.com if you’d like to discuss how your students are accessing placements and progression into employment after their T Level in Accounting.
Explore our ACCA partnership support
We recently sent out an update regarding amendments to the guidance for Task 1A and details on the required software for the task.
Read the full update on Task 1A
Finance
The 2024 Finance specification is now available on the website for learners starting in the 2024/25 academic year.
Download the 2024 Finance specification
The CII have a dedicated T Levels page to support you. If you’re interested in communicating with the CII, especially in relation to industry placements, they will be able to help you find local employers to suit work with you, please contact them via the form on their page.
Find out more about the CII support for T Levels
We have published the draft qualification description on our website.
Download the draft qualification description
Development work on the T Level Technical Qualification in Marketing will continue over the summer; we will submit the final version to IfATE and Ofqual in September for approval. Gaining approval will take several weeks, and we hope to inform you of the outcome in our October 2024 update.
All T Levels have Provider and Employer panels to assist with the development and delivery. We are currently developing the Marketing T level and recruiting for the provider and employer panels.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, from training and events to videos and documents to assist in administrating the qualifications.
- 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.
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.