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Guidance

T Level industry placements delivery guidance

Guidance to help providers and employers deliver high-quality industry placements

From:
Department for Education
Published
3 July 2020
Last updated
1820 DecemberJanuary 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

T Level industry placements: delivery guidance

PDF, 582 KB, 49 pages

Further guidance on delivering pathway level placements for health, healthcare science and science T Level students

PDF, 215 KB, 11 pages

Recommended supplementary qualifications for students studying agricultural T Levels

PDF, 110 KB, 3 pages

Annex B: industry placement notification form

MS Word Document, 26.6 KB

Annex C: T Level technical qualification in education and childcare

PDF, 113 KB, 2 pages

Annex D: industry placement supplementary recommendations

PDF, 112 KB, 6 pages

Annex E: industry placement agreement template

ODT, 49.4 KB

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Annex F: progress indicators

PDF, 237 KB, 5 pages

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Annex G: employer due diligence checklist

ODT, 51.5 KB

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Annex H: student completion declaration form

MS Word Document, 17.5 KB

Annex I: industry placement continuation notification form

MS Word Document, 16.7 KB

Annex J: T Level technical qualification in health guidance, specific to dental nursing

PDF, 138 KB, 2 pages

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Agriculture, environmental and animal care route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 278 KB, 34 pages

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Business and administration route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 499 KB, 20 pages

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Catering and hospitality route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 289 KB, 5 pages

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Construction route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 916 KB, 55 pages

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Creative and design route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 523 KB, 28 pages

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Digital route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 463 KB, 18 pages

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Education and childcare route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 228 KB, 14 pages

Engineering and manufacturing route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 941 KB, 56 pages

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Hair and beauty route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 514 KB, 22 pages

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Health and science route: example industry placement objective templates

PDF, 564 KB, 31 pages

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Legal, finance and accounting route: example industry placement objective templates

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Details

This guidance will help providers and employers to deliver high-quality industry placements, which form a mandatory component of the T Level programme.

This guidance is for:

  • the principals, senior leadership teams, governing bodies, trustees, and staff of all institutions delivering T Levels
  • all institutions delivering T Level-style placements through the industry placement capacity and delivery fund, and those considering offering T Levels
  • industry and employers interested in or involved in delivering T Level or T Level-style industry placements, and their representative bodies

We have removed annex A, on delivery approaches, and moved relevant guidance into the delivery guidance document.

We have also published:

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Update history

2025-12-18 11:28
Removed ‘Hair and beauty route: example industry placement objective templates’ and ‘Catering and hospitality route: example industry placement objective templates’.

2025-01-20 12:00
We have updated the delivery guidance document. This includes updated guidance on delivery approaches, so we have removed annex A. We have also added a set of core principles for industry placements. We have updated sections on the support available for providers, internal monitoring and quality assurance, placement withdrawal and breakdown, and how to record data.

2023-10-23 16:27
Added ‘Recommended supplementary qualifications for students studying agricultural T Levels’.

2023-07-20 09:25
‘T Level industry placements: delivery guidance’, ‘ Further guidance on delivering pathway level placements for health, healthcare science and science T Level students’, ‘Education and childcare route: example industry placement objective templates’, Annex A, Annex C and Annex D were updated. ‘Existing industry placement flexibilities’ was removed.

2023-01-10 09:00
The core principles have been updated in ‘The T Level industry placements: delivery guidance’ (PDF and HTML versions). Annex A and Annex B have been updated with the new industry placement delivery approaches guidance.

2022-06-09 16:04
We have published further guidance on delivering pathway level placements for Health, Healthcare Science and Science T Level students.

2022-05-31 12:11
We have updated the T Level industry placements: delivery guidance with updated links to further guidance, and information on using the Manage T Level results service.

2022-03-29 14:20
We have published Annex J: T Level Technical Qualification in Health guidance, specific to Dental Nursing.