The Department for Education and Ofqual are reforming post-16 vocational and technical qualifications to modernise the system and improve work-related skills development, with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 recently enacted. The reform includes new qualification types (T Levels, V Levels, Foundation Certificates, Occupational Certificates) with updated assessment requirements and subject content frameworks for 2027 implementation. Current activity involves finalising assessment timing requirements, on-screen assessment protocols, and L2/L3 qualification subject content specifications.
Find out what T Levels courses include and how they work with other qualifications, including grading and UCAS points.
Information on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill.
Progress on the rollout of T Levels and actions being taken to scale up the programme.
Guidance from the government on how the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) should carry out its functions for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
Guidance from the government on how the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) should carry out its functions for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
A letter from the government to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) about
What the government will do to reform higher technical education following a consultation held in 2019.
The government's case for making changes to the higher technical education system and a glossary of related terms.
The government’s technical education reforms, based on the work of Lord Sainsbury’s independent panel.
Terms of reference for a review of post-18 education and funding to ensure a joined-up system that works for everyone.
Terms of reference for a review of post-18 education and funding to ensure a joined-up system that works for everyone.
Information about the Technical and Further Education Bill and its measures.