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According to a recent report, nearly one in three students doing T-levels in health and science quit their courses in the first year. Education Policy Institute (EPI) has also found that T-level students, in general, are 20% less likely to complete their qualifications than students on other courses. Botched exam papers in 2022 led to the departure of a high volume of health students. As a result, the exam board responsible was penalised £300,000.
T-levels are vocational courses that span two years and are typically taken after GCSEs with a focus on subjects such as construction, education and IT, along with a work placement that makes up around 20% of the course. Although the figures for enrolment numbers in 2024 aren’t yet available, more than 16,000 students began T-levels in 2023.
The report by EPI highlights numerous issues with students dropping out of courses early, which has been a persistent problem. Additionally, the legal, finance, and accounting courses saw the highest dropout rates of those in the first-year with more than a third leaving yet T-level students were still found to be more likely to progress to higher levels of study and advanced apprenticeships than other qualifications.
The quality of teaching and available work placements are some of the primary issues raised by the government’s education select committee and the regulator Ofsted concerning T-level’s rollout. A review of T-levels has been initiated by the new Labour government, given critics’ warnings that not all students are suited to the curriculum offered by T-levels. It remains to be seen what direction this review will take
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