Will the new T-levels be a bed of roses or a bumpy road? Hannah Crown gives the lowdown on the new vocational programme for Education and Childcare

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1. WHAT IS A T-LEVEL?

A T-level is the name for a new vocational programme of study at Level 3 that is designed to be equivalent to three A-levels. It takes two years and contains a new qualification within it. At the end of the qualification, students reach ‘threshold competence’ (see below). T-levels are the Government’s new big idea for vocational education, and are expected to replace other vocational qualifications such as the Early Years Educator (for which Government funding is expected to be axed and redirected to T-levels).

2. WHAT’S THE T-LEVEL FOR CHILDCARE AND HOW IS IT STRUCTURED?

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