Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning (1) a public awareness campaign, and (2) the release of resources to employers and learners to help build understanding about the different grades that learners can achieve within the component parts of a T Level.

Our T level communications campaign will be launched in 2019, ensuring that parents, teachers, students and the wider public knows about T levels and where they fit among other choices after GCSEs.

We are communicating with a range of key audiences through several different channels and events to increase awareness of T levels. We recently launched a short animated video introducing T levels, which has been circulated on social media and can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3zpEAm3sk&feature=youtu.be.

We have also provided £5 million to the National Apprenticeship Service, who have widened their remit to provide an advice and support service for employers, which includes raising awareness and promoting the benefits of T levels and industry placements.

The communications campaign will increase each year, taking account of student numbers and key decision-making times. We are working closely with the 2020 providers to develop the campaign, which will include resources to support regional communications. We understand the need to fully explain the grading system for T levels and our communications will provide clarity on this issue.