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<p>Our final plans setting out the groups of qualifications that will be available
alongside T Levels and A levels in future were published on 14 July.</p><p>We will
fund two groups of technical qualifications alongside T Levels for 16 to 19 year olds.
The first will be qualifications that are designed to enable entry into occupations
where there are no T Levels. The second will be qualifications that develop more specialist
skills and knowledge than could be acquired through a T Level alone, helping to protect
the skills supply into more specialist industries or occupations.</p><p>Adults will
be able to study a broader range of technical qualifications than 16 to 19 year olds.
T Levels will be available for adults but we believe these should exist alongside
a range of other high quality technical qualifications that are backed by employers.
This includes smaller technical qualifications that enable entry into occupations
that are already served by T Levels, and qualifications focusing on cross-sectoral
skills that are transferrable across different occupations such as management, leadership,
and digital. Qualifications within safety critical industries will also be available
for adults.</p><p>We are phasing the introduction of reformed qualifications in line
with the national rollout of T Levels, starting with a single test route (pathfinder)
concentrating on the Digital route in the 2023/24 academic year. This means technical
qualifications that lead to occupations in the Digital route that are not covered
by T Levels will be available for young people and adults from 2023/24.</p><p>From
the 2024/25 academic year, building on learning from the pathfinder, we will scale
up the introduction of reformed technical qualifications including those which lead
to occupations not covered by T Levels in the Education and Childcare, Construction,
Health and Science, and Engineering and Manufacturing routes. All remaining technical
and academic qualifications for young people and adults, including technical qualifications
that lead to occupations in routes where there is no T Level will be introduced in
2025/26.</p><p>Detailed criteria for approval including qualification content and
assessment are still in development and we will continue to work with sector experts
to finalise these, including the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education,
Ofqual, employers, awarding organisations and post-16 providers. Guidance, qualification
approval criteria and funding approval criteria for qualifications approved for delivery
from 2023 will be published later in 2021. Approval criteria for qualifications to
be delivered from 2024 and beyond will be published in 2022.</p>
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