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News for all T Level providers

May 2026

[Updated 11/05/2026]

Welcome to our T Level provider communications area. Please see key updates and information about delivering our T Level qualifications below

Portal downtime  

Our Portal will be unavailable for essential maintenance from 5pm on Friday 29 May until 8am on Monday 1 June. During this period, you will not be able to access the Portal or complete any activities. Please ensure that any critical tasks such as uploading evidence are completed before the downtime begins.  

Thank you for your patience.   

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Summer assessment series reminders 

Core exams: everything you need to know 

This summer’s core exams start soon, and we wanted to remind you about:  

  • key upcoming dates and guidance – please ensure you check our Key Dates Schedule for a reminder of set date and time core exam dates  
  • information and actions for paper-based assessments  
  • information and actions for online assessments  
  • where you can find further support.   

Visit our summer assessment series webpage for the full information. 

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Employer Set Project (ESP) – evidence upload deadlines approaching   

As we approach the final stages of the Employer Set Project (ESP) assessment windows, we wanted to remind you of the upcoming crucial deadlines and evidence upload actions. You must meet all deadlines to ensure your students receive accurate and timely results.  

Key dates 

T Level    

ESP digital evidence upload deadline (3 working days after final day of assessment window)    

Education and Early Years (both qualification 603/5829/4 and 610/5748/4)  

22 May 2026    

Health   

27 May 2026   

Healthcare Science  

20 May 2026    

Digital Business Services   

27 May 2026    

Digital Support Services    

27 May 2026    

Science  

 27 May 2026    

Visit our summer assessment series webpage for full information. 

Useful links: 

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Occupational specialism assessments 

T Level assignment 2 - mark submission deadlines 

The deadline to submit marks for the assessments below is Friday 15 May 2026. 

  • Education and Early Years - Assisting Teaching 
  • Education and Early Years – Early Years Educator  
  • Health - Pathway A – Adult Nursing team 
  • Health - Pathway B – Midwifery team 
  • Health - Pathway C – Mental Health team 
  • Health - Pathway D – Care of Children and Young People 
  • Health - Pathway E - Therapy Teams 
  • Healthcare Science – Assisting with Healthcare Science 
  • Healthcare Science – Optical Care Services 
  • Science – Laboratory Science 

Important information 

  • You must remember to tick the declaration once you have entered marks to confirm they can be taken forward for moderation. 
  • Any students who were booked but did not sit the assessment must be marked as a DNA (did not attend) in the submit marks screen in the Portal. 
  • For guidance on submitting marks, please watch the video on how to submit provider marks for moderation. 

Post-assessment – moderation and uploading evidence 

Sampling plans for Health, Healthcare Science and Science Occupational Specialisms will be available in the Portal from Saturday 16 May. 

T Level Education and Early Years (Generation 1) 

Once the assessment window closes on Friday 15 May, and we have moderated an initial sample, we’ll complete tolerance checks. If you are marking out of tolerance, we’ll need to do further sampling. If this happens, we’ll email you to say that a sampling plan is available in the Portal and that we require additional student evidence. 

If you are marking within tolerance, we won’t email you. Instead, the Portal will be updated to show 'moderation completed' on the right-hand side of the upload learner submissions screen. 

Please check the Portal for updates before contacting your moderator. 

Visit our summer assessment series webpage for full information. 

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Supporting your delivery 
Updates to our website  

To help you find the support you need quickly, we’ve introduced an A-Z of support topics on our website.  

We’ve also updated our T Level FAQs webpages.  

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