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Documents to help local areas write investment plans for delivering the Multiply adult numeracy programme.
Guidance for providers on delivering the T Level foundation year.
Useful information and materials for universities to understand and promote T Levels
Rules and regulations for ESOL qualifications.
Find out what a Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) is and how the funding and approval system works.
How higher education (HE) providers can implement the HE tuition fee cap for classroom-based foundation years in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Explains how qualification achievement rates (QARs) are calculated.
Standards setting out the digital skills needed for life and work at entry and level 1.
Guidance for awarding organisations submitting technical and applied qualifications for school and college performance tables.
Rules and regulations for new Functional Skills qualifications in English
The final list of qualifications that overlap with wave 3 T Levels and will have 16 to 19 funding withdrawn for new starts from 1 August 2025.
This guide provides you with information about 2023’s arrangements for qualifications regulated by Ofqual. It also explains what support is in place when taking or retaking exams and assessments.
Explore opportunities at DE&S and find out how to apply for one of our apprenticeships in Bristol.
The national technical outcomes (NTOs) set out what students are expected to be able to do by the end of their T Level foundation year.
Rules and regulations for all functional skills qualifications.
Information for post-16 providers on how to register to offer T Levels for the first time in the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
The provisional list of qualifications that overlap with wave 4 T Levels and guidance for awarding organisations on the appeals process.
Steps providers should take to prepare to offer approved higher technical qualifications (HTQs).
Rules and regulations for new Functional Skills qualifications in mathematics
The course directory contains information on courses offered by learning providers who are contracted with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
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