5th June 2025 -T Level Newsletter

Employer Support Fund – Additional Support for Industry Placements

As announced on 23rd April, we are introducing the Employer Support Fund (ESF) to support employers with essential costs associated with delivering high-quality T Level industry placements. We have now published additional information about the fund on our T Level Support for Schools and Colleges website here

We will be contacting providers later this month to confirm your provider allocation. You will have two weeks to respond and opt in to the fund. It is essential you respond in this timeframe as you will not be able to opt in later in the year. We expect everyone who opts in to make full use of the fund.

Guidance on how to make claims will also be published before the end of the summer term. We will share supporting materials and webinars to help you understand how to administer and use the fund. Dates for these webinars will be communicated shortly.

Qualification Reform Toolkit

The Qualifications Reform toolkit is now live This is a new resource designed to support post-16 education and training providers and careers development professionals in effectively understanding and communicating Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs) and reformed Technical Qualifications.

Please do register for the upcoming webinar on 12 June 2025, which will provide an overview of the reformed qualifications available in 2025 and walk through the Qualifications Reform toolkit.

T Levels - we think you’re officially amazing!

Every day, careers professionals are transforming the way apprenticeships, T Levels, and other technical education options are perceived in schools and colleges. Now, it’s time to celebrate and share those brilliant ideas.  

Launching in July 2025, Amazing Apprenticeships are introducing a brand-new area of their website, dedicated to showcasing and celebrating innovative approaches from across England. This searchable online hub will inspire careers professionals to discover what works and adapt ideas for their own settings. This exciting new resource will make it even easier to access and share effective practice. Amazing Apprenticeships are now on the lookout for a wide variety of best practice examples and would love T Levels to be a part of it!

Here’s how to get involved:

1. Submit up to three examples of best practice in T Levels from your school or college using the simple form (you can start with just one and add more later)
2. Amazing Apprenticeships will turn your submission into a dedicated case study, complete with school or college logo
3. Once the platform launches, you’ll be able to share your work and explore new ideas from schools and colleges across England

Be part of a community that inspires, submit your best practice here:
https://www.amazingapprenticeships.com/officially-amazing/

T Level destinations – Gatsby data collection

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and RCU are currently in the process of collecting data relating to the destinations of the 2023/24 T Level cohort. Wave One, Two and Three providers were contacted earlier this year to request information about the destinations of students who completed their qualification in summer 2024. The deadline for data collection has been extended, and Gatsby are inviting any providers who have not yet submitted data, but would like to contribute, to do so by Thursday 12^th June. Thank you to all of those who have submitted data so far.

Any data submissions are greatly appreciated and will support the publication of a report into the destinations of the third cohort of T Level students. Reports on the destinations of the first cohort and destinations of the second cohort of T Level students can be viewed on the Gatsby website. These insights sit alongside a developing suite of case studies celebrating the success of T Level students, which can be viewed on the Technical Education Networks website. If you would like to discuss this research, or recommend one of your T Level graduates for inclusion in a future case study, please email sarah.herdan@gatsby.org.uk.

Reminder: 13 June deadline to update industry placement information for 2023 learners 

Providers need to input industry placement information into the Manage T Level Results service. Guidance is available here 

News from Awarding Organisations

NCFE

 Core exams: As they start this summer’s core exams, visit NCFE's website for more information on key dates, guidance and where to find support. 

Join upcoming events: Sign up now for T Level events from NCFE through their events webpage. The next Education and Early Years student conference, taking place on Friday 6 June, will focus on working with children and young people. They’ll bring together early years and education professionals who will share their wealth of specialist knowledge and expertise when working with these groups, giving learners an insight into this sector. Book places for you and your students now.

 Eduqas and EAL 

Eduqas and EAL are delighted to announce that the specification for the T Level in Building Services Engineering for Construction has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) for first teaching from September 2025. To access the specification, alongside support documentation please visit their subject page.

Pearson

Pearson’s May E-Bulletin was published and included the following:  

• Provider Approvals 
• Parallel running FAQs 
• 2025-2026 Fees lists 
• Provider Support 

Read the May E-Bulletin