T Levels Explained
📈 T Level Insights — data-driven reads on the results: the learner funnel, fastest-growing pathways, gender balance and more › 📋 Which T Levels are available in 2026/27? — the current offer: open, renamed, final-intake and withdrawn T Levels ›🏫 Compare with other post-16 pathways — tutor2u's companion resources, from the same DfE data:
🛠️ Apprenticeships Explorer ›📗 Post-16 Provision Explorer ›Plain-English answers to the questions students, parents and teachers actually ask about T Levels — each one linked to the live results data in the Explorer.
Inside a T Level
Inside a T Level
What is the T Level core component?
The knowledge foundation - exams, employer-set project, graded A*-E.
Inside a T Level
What is an occupational specialism?
The practical, job-specific half of a T Level, with real examples.
Inside a T Level
What is the industry placement?
~45 days with a real employer - how it works and what if it can't be completed.
Inside a T Level
What does a typical T Level week look like?
The day-to-day mix of theory, practical work, projects and placement.
Interactive tool
Assessment & results
Assessment & results
What do T Level grades mean?
Pass, Merit, Distinction and Distinction* - and how the overall grade is built.
Assessment & results
How do resits and reassessment work?
Retaking the core and specialism to improve or complete a result.
Assessment & results
What is partial achievement?
Passing some parts but not all - what it means, and whether it carries UCAS points.
Assessment & results
Understanding your T Level results
A results-day guide: what's on your result and what to do next.
Choosing & progressing
Choosing & progressing
T Level vs A Level vs BTEC vs apprenticeship
How the four routes differ on setting, assessment, size and where they lead.
Choosing & progressing
Is a T Level right for me?
An honest look at who T Levels suit - and who might be better elsewhere.
Choosing & progressing
Can you go to university with a T Level?
UCAS points, which courses accept them, and what to check.
Choosing & progressing
Do universities accept T Levels?
The acceptance picture, where it's less certain, and how to check reliably.
Choosing & progressing
Can you get an apprenticeship after a T Level?
Why a T Level is a strong route into higher and degree apprenticeships.
Choosing & progressing
What can you do after a T Level?
University, apprenticeships, employment and further technical study.
Choosing & progressing
What happens if you leave a T Level early?
Retention, where leavers go, and why it isn't the same as dropping out.
Understanding T Levels
For teachers & centres
For teachers & centres
Who runs a T Level?
DfE, Skills England, awarding organisations, providers and employers - who does what.
For teachers & centres
Who awards each T Level?
One awarding organisation per T Level - and how to check the current one.
For teachers & centres
What does a centre need to deliver a T Level?
Approval, staff, facilities, placements and assessment - a checklist.
For teachers & centres
Managing T Level industry placements
Sourcing employers, matching students, hours and completion.
For teachers & centres
How are T Levels funded and delivered?
16-19 funding, what it takes to deliver, and supporting placements.
For teachers & centres
Understanding T Level performance data
How to read the statistics - cohorts, Pass+, provisional data and suppression.