18th September -T Levels Newsletter

Get Ready to Celebrate T Levels Week – 13–17 October 2025!

With a brand-new academic year underway, exciting developments like the launch of the Marketing T Level, and fresh faces among students, providers, and employers, there’s never been a better time to shine a spotlight on T Levels.

We’re calling on T Level providers, employers, and ambassadors to join the celebration! T Levels Toolkit, background and badges, host events, share your stories and amplify your impact on social media using #TLevelsWeek

Let’s make this the biggest and boldest T Levels Week yet!

Deadline for entering any missing or updated information ahead of certification

A reminder that 31 October is the deadline to ensure your 2023 learners records are up to date ahead of certification in early November.

Please also check your organisations address is correct in the service.

Find out more here

T Level Foundation Year providers

If you’re starting your preparation year or your first year of delivery, please take advantage of the comprehensive support package offered by the Association of Colleges (AoC) and Professional Development training from the Education Training Foundation (ETF).This gives you access to a wide range of information, training, tools, resources, expert advice and peer networks. This support is sponsored by the department at no additional cost to your organisation.

The AoC events brochure provides details of the Term 1 events and the T Level Professional Development CPD courses, which are now open for enrolment - so please do book now to secure your place!  

An updated TLFY Student and Parent Guide is now available at T Level Foundation Year - A guide for students.  It has been developed by our own T Level Industry Placement student to provide the key information students, and their parents/guardians may want to know about the TLFY programme.

Do contact the team directly at TLevel.FOUNDATIONYEAR@education.gov.uk if you would like to discuss any aspect of the TLFY programme.

Updates to Occupational Specialisms (OSs) 

As part of our work to support T Level delivery and growth, we have been reviewing the range of occupational specialisms for each T Level to ensure they remain relevant, equip students with the right skills, and meet industry needs. Further details can be found at T Levels update - Occupational Specialisms and Funding - September 2025

New resources for higher education providers

We’ve published updated resources to support higher education (HE) providers in understanding T Levels. These include:

• updated T Level content maps comparing Maths and Science content to A levels and BTECS
• refreshed guidance to aid HEIs consider T Level students for progression.

These tools aim to support Higher Education Institutions and promote clearer pathways into HE.

Help us help you – quick survey on qualifications reform

We’d love to hear from you! Our Qualifications Reform Evaluation Survey is now open, and your feedback will help us understand what you know about qualifications reform and whether our support materials are meeting your needs.

Your input will make a real difference- it will guide us in improving the resources and support we provide so that they’re of the most use. The survey only takes a few minutes, but your responses will help to shape what we can offer in the future. Please also feel free to share the link with your colleagues.

Please complete the survey by 1 October 2025: Survey Link

Action Required: Update Your T Level Industry Placement Contact Details

The Department for Education (DfE) will soon be contacting your organisation to confirm or update the main contact for T Level industry placements.

This is part of their ongoing work to connect employers with providers and ensure you continue receiving valuable placement referrals. The email will ask you to confirm key contact details—please take a moment to respond when it arrives.

Teaching and Assessing T Levels in Schools – New format, same expert support

The Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF) Teaching and Assessing T Levels in Schools courses are now delivered as four focused 90-minute sessions. Each session explores a key area of practice designed to support your delivery.

Gain insights into dual professionalism and effective industry placements, curriculum planning and pedagogy for T Levels, embedding English, maths and digital skills, and strategies for preparing learners for assessment success. Secure your space now.

T Level Resource Improvement Projects: applications now open!

T Level Resource Improvement Projects (TRIPs) bring together T Level providers and other stakeholders to produce videos, lesson plans, schemes of learning, student activities, and more to support your T Level delivery.

If you are a teacher, manager or part of specialist staff, you can apply to be part of a TRIP. Find out more on ETF's website and apply by 26 September 2025.

If you have any questions, please email enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk.

September 2025 T Level Enrolment survey

Providers who have received funding to offer T Levels in the 2025 to 2026 academic year will receive an email with a link to complete the 2025 T Level Enrolment Survey, which closes on 25 September.

This survey asks about the total number of new students who have enrolled on a T Level course and/or T Level Foundation Year programme starting in September 2025, and the total number of industry placements secured for this cohort.

As T Levels are high profile programmes, the information you provide will help us to report accurately to ministers and to publish early information on enrolments in the T Level Action Plan.

If you are not planning to deliver T Levels in the 2025/26 academic year you can confirm this by contacting the TLevel.SURVEYS@education.gov.uk mailbox and include a brief explanation on why your plans have changed.

October 2025 T Level data collection NOW OPEN – for all T Level providers

The T Level data collection opened on 15 September and will collect data from all T Level providers on T Level delivery intentions from the 2026 to 2027 academic year.

You can access the collection here: T Level data collection

It is important for you to complete this data return accurately and by the closing date, which is 17 October, as this is a requirement to receive a revenue funding adjustment to reflect T Levels.

If you have decided not to deliver T Levels in the 2026 to 2027 academic year you can tell us via this collection.

Watch our instructional video (youtube.com) (opens in new window) to help you complete your return.

If you have an enquiry on how to complete the T Level data collection, please get in touch using the TLDC.ENQUIRIES@education.gov.uk mailbox.

News from the Awarding Organisations

 City & Guilds:

• Access City & Guilds' VTQ Communications Hub to read their VTQ newsletters: VTQ Communications | City & Guilds
• Access City & Guilds' revised resources for 2025-2026, including key dates and new Employer-Set Project marking guidance, through the T Levels Resource Hub: Resource Hub - T Levels | City & Guilds
• Sign up for City & Guilds' T Levels Q&A sessions and face-to-face networks: Events and webinars - T Levels | City & Guilds

Pearson:

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

• Exams Officer Training
• Entries and Registrations
• Autumn Series Question Paper Despatch
• Sector updates
• Provider Support 

Read the September E-Bulletin 

Eduqas:

Registration guidance and information for providers now live on the Eduqas Website.

To help providers submit entries for the new T Level in Building Services Engineering for Construction, Eduqas has published Entry Coding Guidance and T Level Base Data. These resources, along with additional guidance and contact information, are available on the Eduqas Entries webpage: https://www.eduqas.co.uk/home/administration/entries/#tab_0

Employer Support Fund

As you should be aware, the ESF Online Claims Tool is now live for submitting employer declaration forms and receipts. The first claims window closes on 11:59 Tuesday 30th September.

For claims submitted before this deadline:

• Colleges, LAs, and Maintained Sixth Forms will be paid on 17th October
• Academies, Free/Independent Schools, Special Schools, Studio Schools, and UTCs will be paid on 3rd November

In case you missed the webinar held on Wednesday 17th September, it will be made available on the Online Claims Tool Guidance page.

• Guidance on uploading claims to the Online Claims Tool can be found here.
• Guidance on submitting staff time receipts can be found here.
• Guidance on the Employer Support Fund and a link to the employer declaration form can be found here.
• Engagement materials for working with employers can be found here.