Which T Level pathways are growing fastest?
The insight
Education and Early Years is the fastest-growing T Level — around 8.1× its first-year size. The programme overall has grown from under 1,000 students to 19,665 in five years.Growth since each pathway was first awarded
Number of students with results now, as a multiple of the first year results were awarded
What’s driving the growth
Education and Early Years has grown the fastest — from 465 results in 2021/22 to 3,780 now, about 8.1×. Overall, T Level results have risen from under 1,000 students in 2021/22 to 19,665 in 2025/26.
Growth is fastest in the large caring and professional pathways — Education & Early Years, Health, and Design, Surveying & Planning — while some newer or specialist pathways remain small. Read the multiples alongside the absolute numbers: a big multiple on a small base is not the same as sustained scale.