The Department for Education (DfE) launched T Levels in September 2020, with the aim of supporting young people into skilled employment. Focused on a vocational skill, a T Level equates to three A Levels, and includes an industry placement. As of September 2024, DfE had introduced 21 T Levels, with up to a further three still to be implemented. In 2023/24, a total of 7,380 students completed a T Level, with 88.7% receiving a pass or above.
In 2021, the PAC warned that successful implementation of T Levels risked being delayed by a lack of work placements, with low awareness levels around the qualification. Its inquiry heard at the time that the move to T Levels was challenging, with work placements more difficult as organisations had moved to working virtually. The Education Committee in 2023 called on ministers to review overall further education funding and pause its withdrawal of technical qualifications due to the replaced by T Levels.
The National Audit Office (NAO)’s 2025 report on T Levels looked at Government’s introduction of the qualification and what progress had been made in its rollout. Based on the NAO report, the PAC will hear from senior DfE and Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education officials on subjects including:
- Student numbers and pass rates; and
- Plans for T Levels’ expansion.
If you have evidence on these issues please submit it here by 23:59 on Wednesday 9 April 2025.
Please look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note that the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that is published elsewhere.
Please note that the Committee’s inquiry cannot assist with individual cases. If you need help with an individual problem you are having, you may wish to read the information on Parliament’s website about who you can contact with different issues.