T Levels are new two-year courses that can be studied by 16-18 year olds after finishing their GCSEs. They are equivalent in size to three A Levels and are based on the same standards as apprenticeships, designed by employers and approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. T Levels require students to undertake both a technical qualification and an industry placement with an employer. Students are also required to work towards the attainment of maths and English if they have not already achieved grade 4 at GCSE, as students do on other 16 to 19 programmes. T Levels include compulsory elements such as a technical qualification which includes core skills, theory, and concepts for the industry area, specialist occupational skills and knowledge of the career, an industry placement with an employer, and a minimum standard in maths and English, if students haven’t already achieved this.

T Level courses started in September 2020 and cover a range of subjects such as accounting, design and development for engineering and manufacturing, engineering, manufacturing, processing and control, finance, maintenance, installation and repair for engineering and manufacturing, and management and administration. More T Level courses will start in the following years until more than 20 are available, covering everything from agriculture to catering and engineering to science.