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T-levels: Further Education and Higher Education

Answer

T Levels are designed to equip students for skilled employment, whilst also providing a high-quality route to further study, including apprenticeships, higher technical education and degree level study.

Published data from the Department’s Technical Education Learner Survey shows that at the end of their programme, of those completing their T Level in the 2021/22 academic year, 38% were planning to do a degree, 17% an apprenticeship (including a degree apprenticeship), 1% a Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ), 3% another level 4/5 qualification and 3% other type of further study. In total, this is 62% of the cohort completing in 2021/22. The remainder of the cohort were planning to go into paid work (28%), something else (4%) or weren’t sure (5%). This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-education-learner-survey-2022.

Further data from the Technical Education Learner Survey will be published in early 2024, which will provide details on the destinations of learners completing a T Level in the 2021/22 academic year.

Destination measures are published for students at the end of Key Stage 5 annually in October, with an approximate 2 year lag to when attainment statistics are published nationally in the 'A level and other 16 to 18 results' statistical release. The department intends to include T Level attainment data for the first time in that release for students at the end of 16 -18 study in 2023/24 (November 2024), and therefore expect the destination measures statistical release for that cohort to also start to include T Level students from October 2026.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

199975

Session

2022-23

Subjects

Further education Higher education T-levels

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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