Guidance
Review of level 3 qualifications reform: provisional outcomes
Provisional list of post-16 level 3 qualifications that have had their funding approval extended or removed from 1 August 2025.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
As part of a review of post-16 qualification reforms, the Department for Education (DfE) considered all level 3 qualifications that were in scope to have funding approval removed from 1 August 2025.
This includes:
- qualifications that overlap with T Levels in waves 1, 2, 3 or 4
- level 3 qualifications that are in scope to have funding approval removed in cycle 1
- qualifications which providers identified in their cycle 1 submissions as being replaced by a reformed qualification (even where the replacement qualifications were not approved for funding)
This workbook has 2 tabs:
- Approval extended tab - lists qualifications that have had their funding approval extended and the length of extension
- Approval not extended tab - lists the qualifications that have not had funding approval extended into 2025 to 2026 and the reason why
Providers wishing to appeal should follow the criteria and guidance and submit their notification by 5pm on 24 January 2025.
An equality impact assessment looking at the effect changes to post-16 qualifications at level 3 will have on specific protected groups of people, is also available.
Updates to this page
Published 12 December 2024