T Level April Update

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Wed Apr 02 23:00:00 UTC 2025

Please find the latest T Level newsletter link and other useful information about our digital T Levels

Our current digital T Level called "Digital Production, Design and Development" is to be renamed to Digital Software Development going forward. Please we are adding two new offers:

Digital Support and Security

Digital Data Analytics

T get early sight of the draft specifications contact Andrew.Hambelton@Pearson.com and ask to join the preview panel, then we will be able to share draft resources with you a little earlier than waiting for these to be published.

Regional T Level Events

In May we will be holding regional T Level events to try and support T Levels and provide networking opportunities. David Pautsch will be talking about core exams and how to improve grades. They are taking place

1st May 10-1 Exeter College
2nd May 10-1 Middlesbrough College
6th May 10-1 USP College Canvey Island
9th May 10-1 University College Birmingham
You can find all these events and more on our training link below. Would love to see you at one of these events

Resources

Curriculum Planners

Curriculum planner - Core component

Option 1 (May exams)

Option 2 (November exams)

Curriculum planner - Occupational speciist component

Occupational speciist component

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Gatsby have been working on resources for the Digital T Level that will support teaching and learning. These have been created by industry experts like Raspberry Pi and our own examiners to support you in class. They will be rolled out starting this term.

Keep an eye on the Gatsby Website

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Cisco Resources

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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T Level Newsletters

The T Level team have provided another monthly update

T Level March 2025 Update

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The T Level Archive of newsleters can be very useful

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What is a Partial Achievement?

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A Partial Achievement is where a student completes their industrial placement and passes either the Core or Occupational Specialism components but not both.

Does the Student get a Grade or Certificate?

No, the student doesn’t get a certificate but gets a Partial Pass on their statement of results

So what do they get?

They get UCAS points based upon the grade they achieve in the component they passed

The tables here show the UCAS points that go with the result for a grade in either Core or Occupational Specialism the final column, where possible, is an approximate A level equivalent

Core Grade	UCAS Points	A Level Equivalent
A*	84	C D D (note this is actually 80 pts)
A	72	D D D
B	60	D E E (note this is actually 56pts)
C	48	E E E
D	36	C (note C is actually 32pts)
E	24	D

Occupational Specialism Grade	UCAS Points	A Level Equivalent
Distinction	84	C D D (note this is actually 80 pts)
Merit	60	D E E (note this is actually 56pts)
Pass	48	E E E

Subject advisor

Tim Brady

Computer Science and ICT Subject Advisor

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