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Key details

Course areas
Business and AccountsT Levels
Student type
16 - 18 courses
Course type
Full-time Further Education course
Course level
Level 3
Start date
Tuesday 1st September 2026
Location
City Hub 111 Canal Street, Nottingham, NG1 7HB
Course code
Parent course code:C055793 Child course code: Q055794
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Course introduction

This qualification is intended for students who want to progress to a career in the accountancy sector. The purpose of the T Level Technical Qualification in Accounting is to ensure you have the knowledge and skills needed to progress into highly skilled employment, an Apprenticeship or higher-level study, including university, within the specialist area of accountancy.

Units include:

  • The business environment 
  • Careers within the finance and accounting professions
  • Regulation
  • Professionalism and ethics/equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Security and risk
  • Professional services
  • Fundamentals of law
  • Fundamentals of financial accounting
  • Technology
  • Data driven innovation/analytics and design thinking
  • Research skills
  • Project/change management and administration
  • Fundamentals of financial accounting (accounting pathway content)

You can expect:

  • An opportunity to work and meet alongside employers 
  • A work placement of at least 315 hours
  • Wide hands on business skills 

Course information

2 years

T Level Technical Qualification in Accounting

You must be aged between 16 and 18 and have five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English at grade 4 and Maths at grade 5 or above.

You will complete a range of externally-assessed projects including role plays, written exams and employer-set projects alongside completing 315 hours of relevant industry experience.

You could progress to further study or into employment in roles such as:

  • Payroll administrator
  • Payroll junior 
  • Payroll officer 
  • Payroll clerk 
  • Assistant accountant 
  • Trainee accounting assistant 
  • Account clerk 
  • Cashier finance assistant 
  • Purchase ledger clerk

Students aged 16-18 don't have to pay tuition fees.

If you are an EU/EEA or Swiss National, please visit our EU Settled Status scheme page for more information.

Careers related to this course

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Financial and Accounting Technicians

Potential Earnings

£83,340.44

Average Earnings

£41,510.94

Source: Office for National Statistics' Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).

Pathways

Accounting and Finance

People in these occupations prepare and record accounts of financial dealings within businesses and provide financial analysis, banking, credit, and investment services.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Mathematics

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
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