Updated the guidance for the 2025 to 2026 academic year, including newly reformed level 2 and level 3 qualifications and adding additional guidance on work experience.

Updated guidance for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

Updated to reflect that the national name for the T Level transition programme is changing to T Level foundation year.

Updated guidance for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

Updated for academic year 2022 to 2023 to include an increase in minimum planned hours, remove flexibilities for during the COVID-19 pandemic and a return to publishing school and college performance measures based on results from qualifications.

We have published the 16 to 19 study programmes guidance for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.

We have published the 16 to 19 study programmes: guidance for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.

We have published the 16 to 19 study programmes guidance for the 2019 to 2020 academic year.

Added new guidance for the 2018 to 2019 academic year. The 2017 to 2018 guidance remains valid until the end of the current academic year.

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