Who awards each T Level?
One T Level, one awarding organisation
Unlike A Levels — where several exam boards offer the same subject — each T Level has one awarding organisation responsible for its Technical Qualification. That organisation writes the specification, sets and marks the core exams and the occupational-specialism assessment, and issues the grades.
Awarding organisations you'll commonly see across the T Level programme include:
- NCFE — now awards Education and Early Years. Its earlier Health and Science T Levels are transferring to Pearson (see below).
- Pearson — awards a broad and growing range of T Levels, including Health and Science (for new students from September 2026), as well as digital, construction and engineering areas.
- City & Guilds — awards T Levels in a number of construction, engineering and land-based areas.
Awarder details correct as at August 2026 and change over time — always confirm the current one for a specific T Level with the delivering college.
Why the awarder can change — and how to check
The right to award a particular T Level is held under a licence for a fixed period and is periodically re-procured, so the awarding organisation for a specific T Level can change between cohorts — and these arrangements are actively changing. A current example: Health and Science are moving from NCFE to Pearson, with all new students registered on the Pearson qualification from September 2026 while existing NCFE cohorts complete under NCFE. Timescales differ from subject to subject depending on where each sits in the tendering and contracting cycle. For this reason we don't publish a fixed subject-by-subject list here: it would date quickly.