Nursery World - GCSE maths and English pass a barrier to T-Level take-up, warn researchers

The requirement for a pass in GCSE English and maths by training providers is holding students back from taking education T-Levels, finds new research.

The EPI analysis highlights the barriers to take-up of the T-Level qualifications PHOTO Adobe Stock

The analysis, carried out by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), examines the impact of removing funding from alternative qualifications to T-Levels and assesses the barriers ahead for the recently introduced qualifications. It considers specifically the impact on 2021’s cohort of students and looks at Wave 1 and Wave 2 T-Levels covering the education, construction, digital and health sectors.

It finds that 77 per cent of the cohort of students across all routes were not ready for T-levels because they had not achieved a grade 4 in GCSE maths and English. This was particularly true for education, health and digital students.

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