T Level funding
Funding guidance for T Level providers.
Applies to England
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This information is for institutions that deliver T Levels. It explains how we fund T Levels. The scope includes funding for 16-to 19-year-old students, and students up to age 25 who have an education, health and care plan. This information should be read in conjunction with the 16 to 19 funding guidance.
A T Level is a level 3 programme which has been approved by the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education under sections A2DA and A2DB of the Apprenticeships Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.
Important information on recording T Levels
Making errors in recording your T Level data could have a significant financial impact. It could lead to a larger than expected recovery of funding at the T Level funding reconciliation point in spring 2025. Furthermore, it will also have an impact on the number of T Level students funded for academic year 2025 to 2026.
Some T Level providers have previously recorded students incorrectly in the ILR or school census, so that they appear in funding bands 1 to 5, in some cases this was because the planned hours were recorded for 1 year only instead of 2 years.
Updates to this page
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We've updated this page to remove the guides for academic year 2023 to 2024 and 2022 to 2023 because this is old information. You can see what's new for 2025 to 2026 by looking at the what's new sections in the guides. We've added a new spreadsheet to the page which provides information on the 2025 to 2026 T Level and transition programme cost weightings (PCWs) and funding bands.
Update history
2025-03-28 17:08
We have replaced the T Level and Transition Programme Cost Weightings and funding bands spreadsheet with a version 1.1 to correct an error on the banding of the Education and Childcare T Level qualification. In academic year 2025 to 2026, we fund the generation 2 qualification at band 6, the same funding band as its generation 1 equivalent.
2025-03-05 18:03
We’ve updated this page to remove the guides for academic year 2023 to 2024 and 2022 to 2023 because this is old information. You can see what’s new for 2025 to 2026 by looking at the what’s new sections in the guides. We’ve added a new spreadsheet to the page which provides information on the 2025 to 2026 T Level and transition programme cost weightings (PCWs) and funding bands.
2024-09-11 13:21
We’ve updated our guidance to remind you to record your data for T Levels correctly.
2024-08-02 14:58
We have clarified about having only one open programme aim at a time; removed all references to framework and pathway codes as the individualised learner record is no longer collecting them; and clarified how to record data when students transfer from one T Level to another.
2024-05-08 10:43
We have now confirmed the funding bands for the 2024 to 2025 academic year for new Wave 4 T Levels, these have not changed from the indicative funding bands we published in February.
2024-02-13 14:00
We have updated this page for academic year 2024 to 2025. There are 3 new documents, a funding guide, PCW list and updated tolerance examples. We’ve also updated the guide on recording your T Level data correctly.
2023-07-21 14:19
We have updated the T Levels funding guide to include details of the increased rates announced on 13 July 2023.
2023-07-06 12:11
We have added a new section in about business cases for T Levels in academic year 2023 to 2024. The deadline is 21 July 2023.
2023-03-29 11:12
We have added the T Level funding guidance for 2023 to 2024, with supporting examples and the PCW list.
2022-04-13 12:37
First published.