Vocational Education: Qualifications
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the Protect Student Choice’s report entitled Causing gaps, creating uncertainty: why the government should lift the ban on AGQ diplomas and extended diplomas in T level subjects, published on 23 July 2025.
Answered by Josh MacAlister
This government is fully committed to the future of T Levels, which are delivering fantastic results for thousands of young people. T Level learners who go directly into work are more likely to work in a sector related to their course than learners on other large level 3 qualifications. 71% of T Level learners agreed that their course prepared them for the workplace. This is greater than learners on comparable level 3 courses with differences of 10-15 percentage points. In 2023 and 2024, 97% of T Level learners who applied for higher education through UCAS received at least one offer.
The department’s plans for further reform to level 3 qualifications will be set out soon, informed by the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review.
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