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T Levels

T Levels are your new options after GCSEs, offering the perfect balance of classroom learning and real-world experience. One T Level qualification is equal to three A levels and is highly valued by potential employers.

What are T Levels?

T Levels are a brand new qualification designed to give you a head start towards the future you want.

They follow GCSEs and are equivalent to 3 A Levels.

The 2-year T Level qualification brings classroom and work placement together on a course designed with employers and businesses.

You’ll spend 80% of your time in the classroom and 20% on a 45-day placement to give you the skills and knowledge employers are looking for.

Your T Level will help you to step straight into your chosen career, an apprenticeship or a degree.

Structure of a T Level

T Level courses will include the following compulsory element:

  • A technical qualification, which will include:
    • core theory, concepts and skills for an industry area;
    • specialist skills and knowledge for an occupation or career;
    • an industry placement with an employer;
    • continued development of English, maths and digital competencies

Industry placements

Every T Level will include an industry placement with an employer focused on developing the practical and technical skills required for the occupation. These will last a minimum of 315 hours (approximately 45 days) but can last longer. Employers can offer industry placements as a block, day release or a mix of these, and can discuss sharing part of the placement with another employer if necessary.

Providers will support employers offering industry placements. This will include assistance with the necessary paperwork, a careful planning process and support with designing the industry placement.

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T Levels are a brand new qualification designed to give you a head start towards the future you want.

They follow GCSEs and are equivalent to three A Levels.

The two-year T Level qualification brings classroom and work placement together on a course designed with employers and businesses.

You’ll spend 80% of your time in the classroom and 20% on a 45-day placement to give you the skills and knowledge employers are looking for.

Your T Level will help you to step straight into you chosen career, an apprenticeship or a degree.

Two years of full-time study.

You can study T Levels in Digital Production, Design and Development, Education and Childcare, Engineering Manufacturing Processing and Control, or Management and Administration at our College.

In the coming years more subjects will be available.

An industry placement lasts around 45 days, undertaken as a block or as individual days.

The specific length of the placement and when it will take place will differ depending on your T Level.

T Levels' are courses for those who are 16 - 19, and are your new option for after your GCSE's.

T Levels will give you the same UCAS points and opportunity to progress to university as A Levels, but they also give you the specialist job knowledge and skills employers are looking for. 
 
With 80% classroom teaching and 20% on-the-job training, T Levels are the perfect balance between academic and vocational learning.
 
You can find out more about the differences between A Levels and T Levels by clicking here. 

If you have any questions about our T Level courses, please email ashford@eastkent.ac.uk

We also have some blog posts about T Levels on our website, and these can be found by clicking here.