Our latest updates
May 2025
Updated [07/05/2025]
News for all T Level providers
Supporting you through the summer assessment series:
Please see our summer assessment series webpage for more information on:
- reminders on social media sharing and risk of malpractice
- booking cut-off dates
- reasonable adjustments
- special considerations
- key reminders on the Employer Set Project (ESP), Occupational Specialisms (OS) and core exams.
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Core component entry cut off
The entry cut offs for all T Level qualifications have now passed. Specific dates for each qualification can be found in the Key Dates Schedule.
Any entries made after these dates will be subject to a late or very late entry fee as per the key dates schedule and our 2024-25 Fees and Pricing list.
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All about the OS – deadlines for submitting marks, viewing students selected for moderation and uploading evidence
We wanted to share some key reminders with you about the OS and key dates to add to your diary.
Submitting marks
The deadline to submit marks for the below pathways is Friday 16 May 2025:
- Education and Early Years – Assisting Teaching
- Education and Early Years – Early Years Educator
- Health - Pathway A – Adult Nursing team
- Health - Pathway B – Midwifery team
- Health - Pathway C – Mental Health team
- Health - Pathway D – Care of Children and Young People
- Health - Pathway E – Therapy Teams
- Science – Food
- Science – Laboratory.
Remember that any students booked but not sitting the assessment should be marked as a did not attend (DNA) in the submit marks screen. For guidance on submitting marks, watch our how to submit provider marks for moderation video resource.
Viewing students selected for remote moderation and accessing guidance
Your sampling plan identifying students selected for remote moderation will be generated on Saturday 17 May, provided that all marks for the cohort are submitted by Friday 16 May. You’ll then have three working days to upload evidence for all students in the sampling plan. The timely submission of your students’ marks is critical to avoid delays in the moderation process. We’ll send an automated email to your programme contact and Exams Contact to confirm your sampling plan is ready to view.
Your sampling plan will only generate when all the marks for the cohort are submitted on the Portal, including any DNAs. If marks are submitted late, the sampling plan won’t generate until the following day. Please note that late submissions of marks or evidence, without prior agreement with NCFE, may be subject to investigation by our Provider Assurance team.
During the moderation process, please ensure to keep checking for any emails from us, as we may need additional information or responses from you.
For information on how to view your sampling plan list and upload evidence, please visit our summer assessment series webpage. For information on sample sizes, moderating provider-assessed work and how marks are applied, the regression process and how adjustments are made, and results, please visit our moderation webpage.
Top tips and reminders for uploading student evidence
To support you with uploading student evidence, we’ve added a few tips and reminders below.
Files can no longer be uploaded via Sharepoint folders.
We’re no longer able to provide Sharepoint folders as an alternative option to upload files which are too large to be uploaded to the Portal. All student evidence must be shared with us via the Portal.
Please take a look at our guidance for uploading evidence to the Portal as we’ve included information on how to reduce file sizes if required.
Evidence labelling:
- You must label all evidence clearly, by including the corresponding task number in the document title. For example, labelling a document as ‘Task 3’ will clarify which evidence corresponds to which task.
- All files and documents must include the student’s name and the name of the task(s).
- Student names on evidence submissions must match the names used to register the student with NCFE.
Evidence upload checklist:
You can find the evidence upload checklist for each Occupational Specialism (OS) via the Portal. Please complete the checklist and upload them alongside the student evidence. The checklist includes a reasonable adjustment section where you must confirm if any reasonable adjustments have been applied and submit the JCQ form giving details.
Watch our guidance videos:
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Core exams: using the yellow label service and what to do with unused papers
Your core exam papers will be sent to you three working days prior to the assessment date. The packet will contain a pre-populated yellow label. If you have timetabled yellow label-eligible exams on three or more days during any week in the summer exam series (May to June), your centre will automatically have daily scheduled collections. Parcelforce Worldwide will contact you before the start of the exam series to arrange a mutually convenient time window to collect your exam scripts.
Please do not send back any blank or unused papers to NCFE. Instead, please securely dispose of these. This includes blank white papers if students completed the assessment on a coloured paper.
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VTQ timely delivery of results
Thank you to everyone who completed your second term-time checkpoint. We appreciate your support to ensure students receive timely results this summer.
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Key dates schedule consultation: we need your feedback
Time is running out to provide your feedback on the content and structure of our 2025-26 and 2026-27 Key Dates Schedule. Read more and share your feedback before Friday 9 May.
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Supporting your delivery: resources, training and events
Administration support
Stay on track with upcoming tasks and deadlines using our visual timeline, which outlines key dates, submission requirements, and actions. Access it on our moderation webpage under ‘Planning your delivery’.
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Upcoming events
We have a full schedule of interactive and useful training events taking place over the next few months.
We’ve highlighted some key ones below and you can find others on our subject-specific webpages (linked at the end of this page). Visit our events webpages for more information.
- Virtual drop-in clinic: supporting new approvals, Friday 23 May at 12pm-1pm: this session is designed to address your questions and provide guidance across a range of topics. This session is aimed at centres newly approved or seeking approval for T Levels in Health, Healthcare Science, Science, and Education and Early Years.
- Maximising educational impact with prompting theory and genAI tools, Tuesday 1 July at 2pm-3:30pm: discover how to apply prompting theory to enhance real-world educational outcomes using cutting-edge generative AI tools such as Copilot (Microsoft), Gemini (Google), and ChatGPT. This interactive webinar will explore the practicalities and unique strengths of each tool, providing actionable strategies for supporting various educational tasks. Attendees will gain insights into effective AI integration to optimise teaching and learning.
- Effective questioning in mathematics for vocational contexts, Wednesday 2 July at 3pm-4:30pm: incorporating maths into vocational programmes can often pose challenges for educators. This live online training session on effective questioning in maths is designed to empower vocational teachers to enhance student engagement and deepen understanding, fostering critical thinking skills essential for real-world problem-solving. The session provides a focused, interactive opportunity to develop effective questioning strategies tailored to vocational teaching and learning in maths.
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Professional Development Week: sign up for the sessions now
Our next Professional Development Week will take place from Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July. This week will feature a range of virtual training sessions, workshops, and 'in conversation with' events, designed to enhance professional skills and provide valuable insights into the field. Our previous Professional Development Weeks have been attended by hundreds of educators, exams colleagues and senior leaders.
You’ll have the opportunity to join live and recorded, free taster sessions on practical teaching strategies, innovative tools, and methods to engage students. This will be a useful introduction to some of our paid CPD events that will be taking place at a later date, so you can experience the content before signing up to the full session.
Find out more and sign up to the sessions now
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Updates to qualification materials
Updates to qualification materials for T Levels following our annual review
We’ve made some changes to our qualification materials following an annual review. Read more.
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T Level fees for 2024-25
As we look ahead to the new academic year, we want to let you know in advance about the changes we’re making to our T Level Technical Qualification fees for 2025-26, which have been approved by IfATE. Read more here.
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