Review of level 3 qualifications reform: final outcomes
Final list of post-16 level 3 qualifications that have had their funding approval extended or removed from 1 August 2025.
Applies to England
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Following the publication of the post-16 education and skills white paper and the post-16 level 3 and below pathways, the list of qualifications due to be defunded from 1 August 2026 and 1 August 2027 will be reviewed shortly.
As part of a review of post-16 qualification reforms, the Department for Education (DfE) considered all level 3 qualifications that were in scope to have funding approval removed from 1 August 2025.
This includes:
- qualifications that overlap with T Levels in waves 1, 2, 3 or 4
- level 3 qualifications that are in scope to have funding approval removed in cycle 1
- qualifications which providers identified in their cycle 1 submissions as being replaced by a reformed qualification (even where the replacement qualifications were not approved for funding)
This workbook has 2 tabs:
- Approval extended tab - lists qualifications that have had their funding approval extended and the length of extension
- Approval not extended tab - lists the qualifications that have not had funding approval extended into 2025 to 2026 and the reason why
The notification period for providers wishing to appeal closed at 17:00 on 24 January 2025.
An equality impact assessment looking at the effect changes to post-16 qualifications at level 3 will have on specific protected groups of people, is also available.
Updates to this page
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We have finalised the list of outcomes of the review of post 16 reforms after completing the procedural review.
Update history
2025-10-24 16:02
Updated to say that the list of qualifications due to be defunded from 1 August 2026 and 1 August 2027 will be reviewed shortly.
2025-03-25 16:46
We have finalised the list of outcomes of the review of post 16 reforms after completing the procedural review.
2024-12-12 13:15
First published.