Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government of the 9,800 students who have enrolled on the T Level foundation year since its inception, what percentage (1) progressed onto A Levels, (2) progressed onto T levels, (3) embarked onto an apprenticeship, (4) progressed onto BTECs and/or other Applied General Qualifications, or (5) have no known progression data.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government what advanced routes to qualification will still exist from autumn 2025 for students who do not progress to the T Level Foundation Year, T levels or A-levels, relating to specific qualifications at Advanced Level 3 that they envisage will still be funded from that time.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the estimated percentage of students taking the T Level qualification in the academic year 2022/23 who did not complete the qualification.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement by Baroness Barran, published on 19 October (HLWS1062), that 32 Advanced Qualifications with high levels of student enrolment are to be defunded from August 2025, how many of these qualifications (1) already have T Level equivalents operating across the whole of England, and (2) will have a relevant T Level Foundation year in place by 2025.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the estimated number of qualifications that will have to be approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Qualification for commencement of teaching in the academic year 2025/26, as a result of the defunding of alternative routes to advance qualification; and what is the current waiting time for the approval of such qualifications.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government what advice is given to students who did not complete their T Level qualification in the academic year 2022/23 in order to support them into alternative academic qualifications or apprenticeships.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many senior civil servants working at the Department for Education have a teaching qualification.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The information is not readily available or held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many students aged 16 to 19 are currently studying for Early Years qualifications.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
During the 2021/22 academic year, the latest year of available data, there were 28,100 students aged 16 to 19 studying Early Years qualifications. This included 27,400 learners studying Early Years qualifications at English further education (FE) providers, and 700 full-person-equivalent entrants to Early Years subject areas at higher education (HE) level at English HE providers.
For FE, Early Years qualifications were defined as those on the ‘Early Years qualifications achieved in the United Kingdom’ published list, which is attached. For HE, Early Years subjects were defined as HECOS codes ‘100463 early years education’ and ‘100510 early years teaching’.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many students will be on T Level courses commencing September 2023 which will lead to early years, nursery education, or childcare qualifications.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
T Levels are being rolled out in a phased approach to ensure high quality. The number of providers will increase year on year and the department expects student numbers to grow significantly over the next few years.
In September 2022, over 2,000 students started a T Level in Education and Childcare, and while the majority are expected to study the Early Years occupational specialism, students do not need to make their final decision until the end of their first year of learning.
These students will move into their second year of learning in September, when the department also expects providers to enrol significantly more new students onto the Education T Level. Providers have set their own expectations for students they hope to recruit to each of their T Levels and are in the process of marketing their courses and interviewing and providing information, advice and guidance to students on the options available to them. The department will not have any information on new students until after the point they are enrolled.
T Levels are equivalent in size to 3 A levels and are designed to support progression to skilled employment, further study (including higher education and Higher Technical Qualifications) and degree apprenticeships.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion of, students enrolled on the T level Transition Programme in the (a) 2020/21, and (b) 2021/22, academic year went on to start a T level.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
In the 2020/21 academic year, an estimated 14% (118 students) progressed onto a T Level out of 847 students who were recorded as starting a T Level Transition Programme. In total, 49% progressed to level 3 or higher outcomes (414 students), significantly higher than a provisional estimate of 37% progression to level 3 or above for all 16 year old students with a level 2 core learning aim. In the 2021/22 academic year, 3,348 students were recorded as starting a T Level Transition Programme and progression data for this cohort is not yet available.