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T Level training events

You can register for our upcoming T Level events and training, and find previous training available on our T Level playlists:

Prepare to Assess events

The aim of these events is to develop your confidence and understanding of grading criteria when assessing your students' responses to the internally assessed, externally moderated assessments.

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You can register for our upcoming T Level events and training, and find previous training available on our T Level playlists: Prepare to Assess events The aim of these events is to develop your confidence and understanding of grading criteria when assessing your students' responses to the internally assessed, externally moderated assessments.

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T Level provider E-bulletins | NCFE | NCFE

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Last updated: 06/09/2023

Changes to Speaking, Listening and Communicating (SLC) assessments: Between March and May 2023, Ofqual consulted on changes to the qualification level conditions for T Levels, following a Department for Education (DfE) decision to change the way in which students can take the core exam and core employer set project (ESP) in their first attempt.

Previously, students were required to attempt both core sub-components (the core exams (both papers) and the core ESP) in their first attempt. However, following this consultation decision, students are now able to decouple the two core sub-components, allowing them to take only the core exam (both papers), or only the core ESP in their first attempt.

Key Dates Schedule for 2023-24 and 2024-25: Following two periods of provider consultation, between April and June 2023, we're pleased to share with you our T Level Key Dates Schedule for 2023/24 and 2024/25, along with a comprehensive tailored response to points raised by providers throughout the consultation process.

T Level insights survey: Complete our latest survey to feedback on your experience with T Levels, which will inform us on how we can best support you going forward. The survey will close on 28 September 2023.

Registration reminder: We wanted to share some important information about registrations, as all new 2023-24 students need to be registered before 1 November 2023.

Occupational specialism (OS) bookings for moderation: See the process for booking your students on their OS.

Administration training: This mandatory training will be available from the end of September for the OS moderated components.

Standardisation training: This mandatory training will be available from 1 October 2023 to 29 February 2024. Materials will be made available to providers on the Portal once their students have been booked onto the OS.

New Cyber Security OS: We're pleased to inform you that the Cyber Security OS is now available for registrations against the T Level Technical Qualification in Digital Support Services (Level 3) (delivered by NCFE) (603/6901/2) qualification. Assessments will be available in line with the Key Dates Schedule.

Digital events: We're running a number of events in the coming months to support your delivery.

Important actions and reminders Supporting your delivery Digital specific updates Education and Childcare specific updates Health, Healthcare Science and Science specific updates Supporting our T Level development work

Important announcement please read

Important actions and reminders

Post results services

Accessing assessment materials and submitting learner evidence for moderation

Sharing marks with students prior to the assessment window closing

Submitting learner evidence for moderation

Learning resource offer update

Use of third-party suppliers

Education and Childcare T Level route and pathway name change

Learner marks and sampling for Education and Early Years

Assessment window for moderation of the Occupational Specialism Early Years Educator and Assisting Teaching

Upcoming events

Record your Practical Activity Assessment (PAA) schedule

* Standardisation training - these sessions are now completed. To access the recording register here.

Help us to connect with employers in the Digital, Education and Childcare and Health sectors

T Level examiner vacancies

June 2023 Updates:
Last updated: 14/06/2023
Important announcement please read

Assessments and reviews

Supporting your delivery

T Level week with Linking London: Join Linking London for their first ever T Level week. They'll be hosting a range of online events aimed at T Level students, parents, carers, as well T Level staff.

Digital updates

Submitting approval for Digital Production T Level: We want to remind you if you're currently offering Digital Support Services or Digital Business Services T Levels and want to offer the Digital Production, Design and Development T Level, you'll still need to seek approval from Pearson to deliver this qualification.

Education and Early Years updates

Health, Healthcare Science and Science updates

Supporting our development work

July 2023 Updates:
Last updated: 11/07/2023
Important announcement please read

Wave 4 update: Craft and Design, and Media, Broadcast and Production

Last week, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) confirmed that NCFE will be transferring our T Levels in Craft and Design, and Media, Broadcast and Production to Pearson. The technical content already developed by NCFE and the contribution of our expert stakeholders will form a key part of this transition. This decision has been taken jointly by IfATE and NCFE, to ensure we are able to focus on our existing provision.

NCFE will continue to deliver the T Levels in Education and Early Years, Health, Healthcare Science, Science, Digital Support Services and Digital Business Services, and support the best interests of students, as well as the overall success of the T Level Programme.

Arrangements are still being finalised with regard to the future delivery of the Hairdressing, Barbering and Beauty Therapy T Level, and an update will be provided on this in the coming months.
We're here to support you and your students, so please email [email protected] with any queries.

Important actions and reminders

Approvals window is now closed: The approval window for September 2023 delivery for T Level qualifications is now closed. The approval window for September 2024 delivery will open from February 2024 to June 2024.

Resolving queries - evidence and paperwork: We're still working through a number of urgent queries regarding assessment evidence and paperwork. Please ensure you check your emails regularly and respond to our questions as soon as you can, so we can resolve any issues and your students can receive their results this summer in a timely manner.

Looking ahead to results: Results will be released to providers on 16 August in preparation for students receiving these on 17 August, and we're here to support you every step of the way. They will be available on the Portal in the 'Results' area.

Assessments and reviews

Updates to qualification materials for T Levels following annual reviews: You'll find information on the qualification specifications that have been updated, the support available for you and more.

Exams department support: Our exams officer webpage includes key information for assessments to support your exams department, please remember to share this link with them.

Supporting your delivery

Preparing for moderation: View information on the next steps after submitting marks and evidence.

Digital updates

Submitting approval for Digital Production T Level: We want to remind you if you're currently offering Digital Support Services or Digital Business Services T Levels and want to offer the Digital Production, Design and Development T Level, you'll still need to seek approval from Pearson to deliver this qualification.

Education and Early Years updates

Students are now able to use 'onsite' facilities for some industry hours: Providers' on-site facilities can be used for a maximum of 105 hours of a SEND student's placement. This will enable students to prepare for their placement with an external employer, alongside pastoral support. This period of on-site provision may also identify non-visible disabilities in some students that may require extra or ongoing pastoral support.

Find out more in the Department for Education's T Level industry placements: delivery guidance.

Health, Healthcare Science and Science updates

Upcoming Health, Healthcare Science and Science events: View our upcoming events to support your delivery.

Updates to the Health specification: This specification has been more extensively updated to ensure that the full depth of content covered is relevant to Health. Please follow the link to learn more about the updates and what they mean to you.

We need your thoughts: In our communication about the new qualification specification for the T Level in Heath, we asked for your views on the approach to resits for the new specification and the use of a responsive manikin as a resource. We want to ensure we hear from as many of you as possible and therefore we've extended the deadline for the survey until Friday 21 July to allow more time for responses.

Supporting our development work

Teaching Assistants, can you support our development work? We're always looking to collaborate with experts in our qualification sectors and we're particularly interested in hearing from Teaching Assistants to support with some development work on our Education and Early Years T Level, and its Assisting Teaching pathway.

Employer support needed: If you have employers in your network who support industry placements, we'd like to speak to them about T Levels. This will enable us to continue to shape and validate the content, ensuring it is relevant for the future workforce. Please encourage any employers you work with to get in touch with us using the form.

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Last updated: 06/09/2023 Changes to Speaking, Listening and Communicating (SLC) assessments: Between March and May 2023, Ofqual consulted on changes to the qualification level conditions for T Levels, following a Department for Education (DfE) decision to change the way in which students can take the core exam and core employer set project (ESP) in their first attempt.

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T Level Technical Qualification in Education and Early Years (Level 3) (delivered by NCFE) (1) | NCFE

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T Level Technical Qualification in Education and Early Years (Level 3) (delivered by NCFE) (1) | NCFE

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If you have any queries about the Generation 2 Education and Early Years T Level, please take a look at our FAQs webpage.

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T Level Technical Qualification in Education and Early Years (Level 3) (Delivered By NCFE) | NCFE

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New versions of the support materials have been uploaded to reflect the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education/T Level branding updates.
About this qualification
The technical qualification (TQ) forms part of the new T Level study programme.

The purpose of the Level 3 technical qualification is to ensure students have the knowledge and skills needed to progress into skilled employment or higher level technical training relevant to the T Level.
UCAS points
The T Level study programme is eligible for UCAS points. Please check the UCAS website for more information.
Performance points
T Level and its components will be included in the T Level accountability measures. For more information, please see the Department for Education's website.
Who is it suitable for?
This qualification is suitable for post-16 students looking to develop both knowledge and practical skills in the education and early years sector.

This technical qualification will support students on to a range of progression routes including employment, higher education and higher apprenticeships.
What are the entry requirements?
This qualification is designed for post-16 students.

There are no specific prior skills/knowledge a student must have for this qualification. However, students may find it helpful if they have already studied at level 2.
Experience in the workplace
Industry placements are intended to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for skilled employment in their chosen occupation which are less easily attainable by doing a qualification alone.
How is this qualification structured?
The technical qualification is split into 2 component parts:

Core component: the knowledge and underpinning concepts, theories and principles as well as core skills for the education and early years sector.

Occupational specialisms:

* Early Years Educator
* Assisting Teaching

Students will only complete one occupational specialism.

The occupational specialisms provide students with knowledge and skills required to enter employment or further study in the specific occupational area.
How is it assessed?
Core component:
* paper A written examination
* paper B written examination
* employer set project

In order to achieve a grade for core component, students must have results for both sub-components (the core (written) examination and the employer set project).

The combined results from these sub-components will be aggregated to form the overall core component grade (A*-E and U).

If students fail to reach the minimum standard across all sub-components, they will receive a U grade. No overall grade will be issued for the core component until both sub-components have been attempted.

Occupational specialism component:
* synoptic assignments

The student is also required to successfully achieve a distinction/merit/pass grade in one of the occupational specialism components. If the student fails to reach the specified level of attainment, they will receive a U grade.
What related qualifications can you progress to?
Students who achieve this qualification could progress to the following, depending on their chosen occupational specialism:
* employment
* higher education
* apprenticeship
Key dates
Please see the Key Dates Schedules below for a timeline of the key dates for this qualification.

T Level Technical Qualifications Key Dates Schedule 2022/2023 and 2023/2024
Useful Links
Regulations for the Conduct of External Assessment

Qualification Specific Instructions for Delivery (QSID)

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New versions of the support materials have been uploaded to reflect the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education/T Level branding updates. About this qualification The technical qualification (TQ) forms part of the new T Level study programme.

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FAQs Moderation - Education and Early Years

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FAQs Moderation - Education and Early Years

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Moderation for Education and Early Years | T Level | FAQs | NCFE

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Moderation for Education and Early Years | T Level | FAQs

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On this page, you’ll find answers to your frequently asked questions about T Levels and Moderation for Education and Early Years. Take a look at the relevant sections to find the information you need.

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Update: Changes to the moderation process for the Education and Early Years T Level 

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Changes to the moderation process for the Education and Early Years T Level | NCFE

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For 2024-25, we've made changes to the moderation process for both Occupational Specialisms within the T Level in Education and Early Years. Following your feedback, we've updated the sampling strategy for the moderation of:

Occupational Specialism: Education and Early Years (EYE) for both Assignment 2 Part 1 and Part 2

Occupational Specialism: Assisting Teaching (AT) Assignment 2.

The updated sampling strategy will reduce the number of moderator visits that need to be organised, giving you more time and flexibility with placement settings and timetabling. The uploading of evidence will also be streamlined to the Portal only, therefore a reduction in the number of systems needing to be used.

EYE Assignment 2: Part 1

As part of moderation for this assignment, you'll receive an in-person visit with a moderator and a follow up remote meeting, taking place within 5 working days of the in-person visit.

Your moderator will plan their visit to observe the assessment of each of the competence-based criteria and discuss their assessment decisions with you. The visit will be for one full day. They will plan to observe each criteria at least once during the day, this will most likely be across a range of students. You must ensure that the observations scheduled for the day of the moderator's visit covers all competence-based criteria via either observation or professional discussion with the student. If not all criteria are observed during the visit, this will need to be covered in the follow up remote meeting with the assessor, in the form of a professional discussion.

The follow up remote meeting will take via Microsoft Teams and will provide the opportunity for feedback on assessment decisions made on the day of the visit.

Following the remote meeting, you'll receive a moderation report detailing the outcome of the visit and if applicable will include actions for you to take forward.

EYE and AT Assignment 2: Part 2

For both Occupational Specialisms the below sample sizes will apply for stage 1 moderation:

Moderation for stage 1 will take place between 3 February and 16 May 2025 assessment window.

A maximum of 3 students in the sample will be completed via face-to-face moderation, the remainder of the sample will be moderated remotely. Once your moderator has selected their sample for stage 1 moderation, they'll work with you to determine which students will be moderated via a face-to-face visit and which will be moderated remotely.

You must ensure that face-to-face visits for all students are scheduled to take place within a 2-day window, dates do not need to be consecutive but must be agreed with the moderator.

For students selected for remote moderation, you'll need to ensure that required evidence is uploaded to the portal within 10 working days of the assessment taking place. Dates for this activity should be agreed with the moderator.

Further remote moderation will take place once the assessment window closes. This is stage 2 and 3 moderation. This is only required if a provider is marking out of tolerance during stage 1, meaning further sampling is required. You'll be contacted via email should further samples be required.

For more information, please visit our preparing for moderation webpage.

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For 2024-25, we've made changes to the moderation process for both Occupational Specialisms within the T Level in Education and Early Years. Following your feedback, we've updated the sampling strategy for the moderation of: Occupational Specialism: Education and Early Years (EYE) for both Assignment 2 Part 1 and Part 2 Occupational Specialism: Assisting Teaching (AT) Assignment 2.

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Example Industry Placement objectives templates

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Example Industry Placement objectives templates

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Education and Early Years specific industry placement guidance

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Spreadsheets shared by providers detailing how they have utilised their SEA funding. These can be used as a point of reference or for comparison for your own plans

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AoC and NCFE T Level Assessment Workshop - Education and Early Years - March 2024

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AoC and NCFE T Level Assessment Workshop - Education and Early Years - March 2024

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A wide range of T Level resources produced by providers under the guidance of ETF. Includes lesson plans, assessment materials, schemes of learning, and more to support T Level preparation and delivery

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Contextualised learning materials to support and embed understanding of challenging English concepts

Organisations involved: South Essex College and Derby College

Published date: November 2023

Brief: A package of employer-informed materials to support students to develop the required scientific knowledge and understanding.The materials developed consist of:

a plan for learning to cover the relevant general English competencies in the T Level in Education and Early Years core skill 1 - communicate information clearly to engage children and young people

lesson plans covering a total of 18 sessions, providing a minimum of 20 hours of teaching

resources appendix 1 to appendix 10 - labelled using the following system 1.1, 1.2, etc., where '1' denotes the session, and '.2' denotes the resource order in the session

PowerPoints covering a total of 18 sessions.

Resources
Developing a framework for learning and guidance materials to develop core skills required for the T Level Employer Set Project

Organisations involved: St Mary's College Hull

Published date: January 2024

Brief: A package of materials to support students in developing the required ESP core skills and related guidance materials for staff and students on how best to prepare for the ESP. The developed materials cover core skill 1 (CS1) and core skill 2 (CS2), and consist of:

a framework for learning for around 31 hours of learning, showing how learning can be scaffolded and sequenced to develop the core skills

lesson plans and associated materials covering the 31 hours of learning

guidance materials for students on making effective use of the core skills in the ESP assessment.

Resources
Developing AO2 and AO3 Formative assessment materials for Education and Childcare

Organisations involved: Thorpe St Andrew School & Sixth Form, Bolton College, South Devon College

Brief: Developing employer informed formative assessment materials to support learner success in the Education and Childcare T Level Early Years Educator occupational specialism (O/S) assessments. This project aimed to produce sets of high-quality, accessible, and valid formative assessment materials to help students to develop their knowledge, understanding skills to be successful in the Early Years Educator O/S summative assessments, in particular assignments 2 and 3 (structured observations).
Resources
Developing AO2 and AO3 Formative assessment materials for Education and Childcare (2)

Organisations involved: Suffolk New College, Luminate Education Group and Lilian Baylis Technology School

Brief: Developing employer informed formative assessments to support learner success in the core content assessments in the Education and Childcare T Level. To produce sets of high-quality, accessible, and valid formative assessment materials to help students to develop their skills to successfully answer AO2 and AO3 questions in the Technical Qualification core content summative assessments.
Resources
Developing an Outstanding approach to careers in Children's Services

Organisations involved: Leeds City College, Leeds City Council, White Rose Academies Trust, Alder Tree Primary

Brief: This collection of resources will allow practitioners to follow a programme of training that is coherent and easy to navigate, supporting the delivery of the Education and Childcare T Level.

Among the resources, practitioners will find schemes of work, training presentations, student activities/tasks, etc. There is also a map to the knowledge and skills required in both the early-years and assisting-teaching occupational specialisms.
Resources
Developing Effective Formative Assessment for SEND

Organisations involved: New City College, Harlow College, South Essex College, East Sussex College, Chichester College

Brief: This project aims to improve teaching practice for the delivery of T Levels, to enhance tutors' knowledge of key aspects and through the development of resources that will improve teaching and formative assessment.
Resources
Employer informed materials to support Industry Placement

Organisations involved: NSCG

Published date: January 2024

Brief: The project comprises a rationale for the approach, a scheme of work, 10 two-hour sessions with detailed lesson plans, worksheets and 10 sets of PowerPoint slides.
Resources
Materials to support Occupational Specialism holistic delivery

Organisations involved: Calderdale College

Peer reviewed by: Nottingham College

Published date: July 2024

Brief: This T Level Resource Improvement Project (TRIP) has produced a range of learning materials, developed and peer reviewed by experienced T Level providers. These learning materials will support providers to holistically deliver Performance Outcome 3 of the Occupational Specialism Early years educator of the T Level in Education and early years. Read the full resources summary.

Resources:

Materials to support the development of Core Skill three for the Employer Set Project

Organisations involved: Warrington and Vale Royal College

Peer reviewed by: Eastleigh College

Published date: July 2024

Brief: These learning materials will support learners to develop Core Skill three of the T Level in Education and Early Years.

The resources include:

a framework for learning to show how learning can be scaffolded and sequenced to develop Core Skill three.

ten lesson plans which cover 20.5 hours of learning to support the scaffolding of the development of Core Skill three in conjunction with Core Content.

learning materials to support each lesson which enables the delivery of the 20,5 hours of learning.

Resources:

Materials to support the development of Core Skill four for the Employer Set Project

Organisations involved: South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Peer reviewed by: Wiltshire College

Published date: July 2024

Brief: These learning materials will support learners to develop Core Skill four of the T Level in Education and Early Years.

The resources include:

a framework for learning to show how learning can be scaffolded and sequenced to develop Core Skill four for the Employer Set Project (ESP).

ten lesson plans which cover 20 hours of learning to support the scaffolding of the development of Core Skill four in conjunction with Core Content and with links to practice in placement and Occupational Specialism (OS) content

learning materials to support each lesson which enables the delivery of the 20 hours of learning.

Resources:

Materials to support Occupational Specialism holistic delivery (focused on observation, assessment and planning)

Organisations involved: South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Published date: July 2024

Brief: These learning materials will support providers to holistically deliver Performance Outcome 3 of the Occupational Specialism Early Years Educator of the T Level in Education and Early Years.

The resources include:

a framework for learning to show how learning can be scaffolded and holistically sequenced to develop the required knowledge and skills.

sixteen lesson plans which cover 20 hours of learning to support the scaffolding of the knowledge and skills within the Occupational Specialism content with links to Industry Placement practice

learning materials to support each lesson which enables the delivery of the 20 hours of learning

Resources:

Supporting holistic delivery - developing learning activities to integrate core and occupational specialism content

Organisations involved: Hertford Regional College and Solihull College

Brief: Employer informed and peer reviewed learning activities which combine content from core and occupational specialism sections of the Education and Childcare T Level.

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Education and Early Years TRIPs - The Education and Training Foundation

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T Level Resource Improvement Projects (TRIPs) are an opportunity for providers and other stakeholders to work together to produce resources that will support the planning and delivery of T Levels.  Feedback request: Have you accessed any of the TRIP resources below? If so, we would really appreciate your feedback.

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Education and Early Years T Level Assessor Networks

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Education and Early Years T Level Assessor Networks