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This is the fifth year of T-level results in England, and the number of students getting grades has rocketed as their rollout continues.
More than 19,600 students received grades in 21 subjects this year, up from 11,900 students across 18 subjects last year.
This will be welcome news for the new prime minister, who says he wants pupils in England to be able to study technical subjects in addition to core academic learning from Year 10.
The pass rate increased slightly from 91.4%, according to last year’s provisional results, to 92.6%. And the percentage of students achieving a merit or above grew from 65.3% to 68.9%.
The dropout rate remains high, though – and some students take longer than the standard two-years to complete the course. Around 77% of students who started their T-level in 2024, and were therefore expected to complete it this year, have received results.
T-levels are among the 300,000 grades for vocational and technical qualifications released today.
That’s still much smaller than the number of A-level grades given out (more than 800,000 among 18-year-olds alone).
But there are indications that interest in technical education is on the rise. According to Ucas, engineering and technology subjects saw the biggest growth in university acceptances, up 16% from last year.
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