| T level | April 2024 Update |
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Welcome to April’s T Level Update.
We send these updates out to everyone who signs up for them. If you’re no longer the right person in your centre to receive these, please ask the relevant colleagues to sign up for T level updates to make sure they receive them directly to their inbox. |
This month, we start consulting on the key dates schedules for autumn 2024 to summer 2026. This gives you the opportunity to review the dates, confirm you are satisfied with them and raise any concerns you may have (for example, clashes with holidays, or overlap with other assessments your T Level students may be undertaking).
We encourage all those delivering and administering the TQ to review these schedules and share your feedback with us via a short form.
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The entry window for Core Component Assessments for the summer 2024 series is now open. You must make an entry for every student wishing to enter the assessment.
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The approval window for Providers commencing delivery in September 2024 is open. You must gain approval for each Technical Qualification you wish to deliver.
- A Guide to Provider Approval
- Guidance Document Pearson Vocational Provider Approval Application for T Level Technical Qualifications
- Pearson T Level Technical Qualification Delivery Approval Application Form
- Pearson Vocational Provider Approval Application for T Level Technical Qualifications
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We are collaborating with the Gatsby Foundation on resources for our T Levels, and they hope to create new teaching and CPD support resources soon for selected topics in the Core, based on provider feedback.
CITB offers grants to employers who take on T Level students in industry placements. Please share this with your employers and encourage them to apply.
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We announced last month the T Levels in Craft and Design and in Media, Broadcast and Production have been approved by IfATE and Ofqual.
We have published draft pre-publication version of the specifications on our website. These are the versions submitted to IfATE and Ofqual for approval. Following approval, we do not expect there to be any major changes to the specification or assessments, therefore please use the draft pre-publication version to assist your planning for 2024 delivery.
We are working on teaching and assessment support resources, so look out for these in the coming months:
- Delivery guides and schemes of work – April 2024
- Recorded training for OS Assessments – May 2024
- Live online training – T Level overview and Core Assessments – June/July 2024
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Our curriculum planners to support delivery planning are available, with separate summer and autumn versions to reflect decoupling.
Gatsby are continuing the rollout the Digital T Level; they have been created by industry experts like Raspberry Pi and our own examiners to support your delivery. For information, keep an eye on Gatsby's website.
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.
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Legal Services:
We’ve recently added several resources to support your delivery, including schemes of work for the Core and OS components, exemplar materials for the Employer Set Project, and a Content Overview for Core Paper 2.
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Finance and Accounting:
Curriculum planners for the Core and Occupational Specialism Components are available on the course materials page.
Don’t forget about our professional body support for the Accounting Occupational Specialism.
The CII have a dedicated T Levels page to support you. If you’re interested in communicating with the CII, especially in relation to the industry placements, they will be able to support you in finding local employers potentially to suit your needs, please contact them via the form on their page.
The ACCA are planning an employer webinar to gain their interest in supporting your student's industry placements. Please contact them via rob.alder@accaglobal.com if you’d like to discuss how your students are accessing placements and progression into employment after their T Level in Accounting.
We also have several links on this page to ACCA support, so please look if you haven’t already.
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Please express your interest if you would like to join our Provider Validation Panel and be part of the development process. This will give you the opportunity to feed into the content and assessment, making sure it is appropriate and accessible for your students and manageable for you to deliver as a Provider. |
All T Levels have Provider and Employer Panels to assist with the development and delivery. If you or any employer would like to get involved, please contact Andrew Hambelton via tlevelsemployers@pearson.com. |
Our training and admin support page gathers everything you need to support your T Level delivery, from training and events to videos and documents to assist in administrating the qualifications.
- On-demand training such as Getting to Know the Specification, Employer Set Project training, Keeping it Simple materials, and our termly policy update.
- T Level live training where you can search for events and book Q&A networks, Getting Ready to Teach events, Getting Ready to Assess events. The summer training events are live on our website. In the coming weeks you will also have the opportunity to select live sessions that are in bitesize format (30-45 minutes) for Digital and Legal Services.
- Our training archive collects recordings of past events if you are unable to attend any of our live training sessions or want to listen again.
- Administration documents and support, including key dates schedules, Provider approval guidance, administration support guides for assessment, videos to support making registrations and entries, understanding resit rules, and much more.
- Teaching Support materials – these materials are now padlocked. You can access them with an EOL account. If you don’t have one, please speak with your Examinations Officer who can help you obtain this access. If you wish to share resources with others, then it is recommended to either set them up with an EOL account or download the resources and send on to them.
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If you need specific support with your T Level, our subject advisors are here to help. You can book a 15-minute one-to-one call where you can discuss any issue you are having with regards to planning or delivery of your T Level.
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There won’t be an online Q&A session in the summer term, but you can join us at one of our face-to-face events on The Inside Track on T Levels – best practice and guidance. We will focus on transitioning to T Levels in your curriculum from other vocational qualifications, bringing T Level to life and sharing good practice from experienced Providers. We'll look at how to tackle some of the challenges we know you’re facing, such as industry placements, funding, and Level 2 transition.
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We will be speaking at the AoC T Level and T Level Foundation Year National Learning Event on Thursday 18 April in Birmingham. Pearson will be there to talk about T Levels and the T Level Foundation Year and answer your questions.
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