The colleges to take part in the first round of the phased implementation of the T-levels “transitional” course have been named.
The programme, recommended by Lord Sainsbury in his technical education report in July 2016, will be for 16-year-olds to take if they are not ready to start a T-level at level three, but can “realistically achieve it” by age 19.
It is being developed by the Association of Colleges, following a secretive tender earlier this year.
Thirty seven providers will pilot the course next year.
Timescales for developing and testing it will be tight, as there is just over a year to go until the first three T-levels, in digital, education and construction, are delivered.
The 37 colleges to pilot the T-levels transition course:
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Access Creative College (Access to Music Ltd.)
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Barnsley College
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Bishop Burton College
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Blackpool and The Fylde College
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Bridgwater & Taunton College
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Cardinal Newman College
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Chichester College Group
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Cirencester College
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City of Stoke-on-Trent sixth Form College
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Cranford Community College
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Derby College
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Dudley College of Technology
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East Sussex College Group
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Exeter College
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Fareham College
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Farnborough College of Technology
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Gateshead College
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Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
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Havant and South Downs College
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HCUC (Harrow College and Uxbridge College)
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La Retraite RC Girls School
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Lordswood Girls’ School & Sixth Form Centre
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Nelson and Colne College
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New College Durham
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Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education
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Oldham Sixth Form College
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Peter Symonds
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Priestley College
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Runshaw College
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Scarborough Sixth Form College
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Shipley College of Further Education
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Strode College
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Suffolk New College
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The College of Richard Collyer
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Truro and Penwith College
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Ursuline High School
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Weston College
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