T Levels July 2026 update
Welcome to July’s T Level update. This month’s update includes preparing for results, checking your approval, new training videos and your usual sector updates.
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Things to do this month
Here’s what to expect for T Level results this summer, so you can plan ahead for results days.
We’ll send TQ component results for the core component (core exams and employer-set project) and the occupational specialism to your exams officer via Edexcel Online on 12 August 2026.
These will include a statement of results for each student and a broadsheet covering all your students across all TQ components. Results are embargoed until 13 August 2026, when you can share them with students.
The Department for Education (DfE) uses these component results, alongside industry placement completion, to issue overall T Level results through the Manage T Level Results service. They'll issue certificates and statements of achievement and report grades to UCAS.
Want more information about how overall results are issued?
Explore the DfE’s T Level support
If you have any questions about the Manage T Level Results service, contact tlevel.resultsandcertification@education.gov.uk.
If you’re planning to deliver T Levels with Pearson from September 2026, make sure you’re approved for every subject on your curriculum. If you’re not approved, you won’t be able to deliver those qualifications.
If you still need to apply, you can find everything you need on our admin support page, including application forms and guidance to help you get set up
If you have any questions or need support with your application, contact us via the Pearson support portal so we can help.
The autumn 2026 timetable is now available to download from our timetables page.
The key dates schedules for 2026–28 are now available to download from our admin support page.
You can now watch our latest training sessions on our training page, covering key updates and practical support for your delivery.
Parallel running
Parallel running happens when T Levels move from Generation 1 to Generation 2. You may be delivering both generations at the same time, either with the same awarding organisation or across different ones.
This short session explains what to expect, when it happens and what it means for you and your students.
Practical AI for T Level teaching
This new training series shows you how to use AI to create teaching materials more efficiently, while keeping them tailored to your curriculum and learners.
Our first session, From specification to lesson, is available now. Program coordinator, Monica Perez-Kim, takes you through a practical, hands-on workshop using Microsoft Copilot, including real classroom examples and how to build your own prompt agent to support your day-to-day work.
Sector updates
Apply to be a content subject specialist
We’re recruiting a content subject specialist for T Levels in Accounting. This role is part of our assessment material production committee and includes providing subject expertise and reviewing exam and task materials for accuracy.
If you’d like to apply, you can find full details and the application process on our website.
Apply for the content subject specialist role
Teaching resources and ACCA support
You can find all teaching resources for Accounting on our website, including the 2026 specification for next year’s teaching.
Explore Accounting resources and course materials
If you’re not already using it, check out the occupational specialism teaching support from our partner ACCA.
If you missed it, you can listen to ACCA’s recent update covering industry placements, employer recruitment and insights into the current accountancy market.
If you’d like a copy of the slides or further support, contact rob.alder@accaglobal.com.
You can find all teaching resources for Finance on our website, including the 2026 specification for next year’s teaching.
Teaching resources
You can find all teaching resources for Legal Services on our website, including the 2026 specification for next year’s teaching.
Explore Legal Services resources and course materials
Teaching the current specification during legislative changes
Recent legislative changes, including updates to renters’ rights, may affect how current content within the occupational specialism feels in the classroom.
For now, you should continue to teach in line with the current specification. Assessments will remain based on the published specification, rather than legislative changes introduced outside the formal review cycle.
We regularly review the impact of legal changes and update specifications and supporting materials through our annual review process. We’ll share any confirmed updates with you as part of this.
In the meantime, you may wish to reference recent legal developments in your teaching where appropriate, while making sure students are prepared for assessment based on the current specification.
Please share this update with all teaching and delivery staff for this T Level in your centre.
Register students on the new occupational specialism
You can now register 2025–26 students on the new occupational specialism, Project Delivery for Construction and the Built Environment, for first assessment in spring 2027.
If you’ve already registered students on a different occupational specialism and want to move them to this one, make sure you update their registration by 31 July 2026.
Supervision for high control assessments
We know it can be difficult to secure invigilators for high-control windowed assessments, especially where specialist equipment or workshop environments are involved.
When running these assessments, follow the JCQ’s supervised assessments guidance for vocational and technical qualifications. This sets out how sessions should be supervised.
Where possible, assessments should be supervised by an invigilator rather than the subject teacher. If this isn’t possible, the subject teacher can act as the supervisor, as long as they clearly explain their role and responsibilities to students.
New Technical Education Networks resources
New resources are now available from Gatsby’s Technical Education Networks to support your delivery.
Complete your provider approval
If you haven’t already, submit your provider approval to deliver the T Level in Health as soon as possible. All new students from September 2026 must be registered on the Pearson T Level in Health.
You can find guidance on approvals and parallel running in our T Level Health training playlist.
Watch the T Level Health training playlist
Parallel running with NCFE
If you currently deliver the NCFE T Level in Health, your existing cohort will continue with NCFE until they complete their course. This period is known as parallel running.
You can find more detail and support in our on-demand parallel running training.
Watch our parallel running training
Access specimen assessment materials
Specimen assessment materials for the core exams, employer-set project (ESP) and five occupational pathways are now available on the course materials page.
You’ll need an Edexcel Online account to access these. If you don’t already have one, your exams officer can help set this up.
Access T Level Health specimen assessment materials
Join our drop-in support sessions
We’re running drop-in sessions every two weeks from 7 July to the end of September, from 3:30–4:30pm.
When you sign up, you’ll be asked to submit your questions in advance so we can focus on these during the session.
Teaching resources
You can find all teaching resources for Marketing on our website, including the 2026 specification for next year’s teaching.
Explore Marketing resources and course materials
Support from CIM
You can also access support for your delivery and your students through our partnership with CIM.
Complete your provider approval
If you haven’t already, submit your provider approval to deliver the T Level in Science as soon as possible. All new students from September 2026 must be registered on the Pearson T Level in Science.
You can find guidance on approvals and parallel running in our T Level Science training playlist.
Watch the T Level Science training playlist
Parallel running with NCFE
If you currently deliver the NCFE T Level in Science, your existing cohort will continue with NCFE until they complete their course. This period is known as parallel running.
You can find more detail and support in our on-demand parallel running training.
Watch our parallel running training
Access specimen assessment materials
Specimen assessment materials are now available on the course materials page.
You’ll need an Edexcel Online account to access these. If you don’t already have one, your exams officer can help set this up.
Need help?
Our training and admin support hub makes it easier for you to find the help you need when you need it. You can find admin documents and support, on-demand and live training resources, our training archive, provider FAQs, support from industry professionals and more, all in one place.
Some support materials are padlocked, meaning you'll need to have an Edexcel Online account to download them. If you don't have Edexcel Online access, please speak to your centre exams officer.
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