Getty imagesThousands of students now know which grades they have acquired in their BTEC for 2025.
Results Day is here for a lot of students, but some BTEC results have already been published, which is based on the course.
The final BTEC national results, which add all unit grades, are often released at the same time as A -Level Results Day – which is Thursday 14 August this year.
What are BTEC Firsts and BTEC National?
A BTEC, which stands for the Council of Business and Technology, is a practical ability. Courses are evaluated through examination, regular coursework and projects and sometimes placements.
BTEC is the first level 2 qualifications, which means they are equal to GCSE. Students often take a mixture of both. They can be helpful for people trying to go to colleges further education.
BTEC is National Level 3 qualifications, so can be transported simultaneously instead of A-Level.
They are studied for more than one or two years.
Research suggests that one in four students use them as a route in the university, while others receive business-specific skills and go directly into employment.
How are BTECs classified?
BTECs have been classified on a scale:
- Destruction/Distinction Star (D*)
- Difference
- Merit (m)
- Pass (p)
Some B.Tech is worth two or three-stars.
Students usually achieve their results on the same day as A-level and GCSE students, but some get them before.
Who takes BTECs?
PA mediaHow are BTECs changing?
In 2020, all levels had over 12,000 commercial qualifications, introduced by more than 150 prize bodies, which oversees merit in England.
Plans to streamline post -16 education by former orthodox governments meant many BTEC and other levels 3 courses The reasons for losing their fundingTo make way for Tea tier,
However, the Labor Government stopped and reviewed the schemes, and since then announced that 157 qualifications will no longer be left as per the plan.
they include “Important courses” in important areasDFE said, such as agriculture, engineering, manufacturing and health and social care.
Some have confirmed funding by July 2026 by July 2026.
The government also confirmed that more than 200 qualifications with “low or with nomination” would still withdraw funding from 1 August 2025.
Sarah Hanafin, the head of the policy in the school leaders union tips, said that “Post-16 must have failed to meet the needs and ambitions of many students to be only two qualifications for A-Level and T-Level”.
The government has confirmed that the rollout of T-Stars will continue.
In the first three years, Tea-Stars have faced delays, high dropout rates and A. Examination Board is being fined £ 300,000 On “major failures” with papers.
