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T Level – Health

The serious route into a health career. This two-year Level 3 prepares you to work in healthcare, or to go on to university for nursing, paramedic science, or beyond. Alongside your learning you'll spend a substantial 315-hour placement in a real healthcare setting, working with the adult nursing team. Carries UCAS points, with a direct route to university at UCDon.

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How you’ll learn

Learn It Deeply. Then Do It, For Real.

This T Level builds real healthcare knowledge and skills. The core covers working in the health and science sector, health and safety, good scientific and clinical practice, providing person-centred care, health and wellbeing, infection prevention and control, safeguarding, and core science. You then take an occupational specialism in supporting the adult nursing team.

The part that sets a T Level apart is the 315-hour industry placement in a real healthcare setting, where you assist with care, take physiological measurements, and support clinical tasks. You finish with real experience, UCAS points, and a direct route to university for nursing, paramedic science or social work, or straight into work.

Core and Specialism

  • Working within the health and science sector, and the healthcare sector
  • Health, safety and environmental regulations
  • Good scientific and clinical practice
  • Providing person-centred care, and health and wellbeing
  • Infection prevention and control, and safeguarding
  • Core and further science concepts
  • Occupational specialism: supporting the adult nursing team

Industry Placement

  • A 315-hour industry placement in a real healthcare setting
  • Assisting with care, physiological measurements and clinical tasks
Entry and progression

What you need and where it leads

  1. Entry requirements
  2. This course Level 3
  3. Further study

Entry requirements

  • Grade 4 in GCSE English and Maths
  • A minimum of 3 other GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, which must include a science
  • A genuine commitment to a career in health or care
  • Successful interview with our team

The T Level has a higher entry bar than the Level 1 and Level 2, because it is an intensive two-year Level 3. If you don't quite have these grades, the Level 2 Health and Social Care is a strong starting point.

Not sure you meet these? Talk to us and we will help you find the right starting point.

Further study

See all 4 courses

At University Campus Doncaster

At University Campus North Lincolnshire

Careers it can lead to

  • Health Associate Professionals £24,200 a year
  • Care Workers and Home Carers £13.39 an hour
  • With further study or experience Health Services and Public Health Managers and Directors £52,800 a year

Typical pay is the UK median for each job (Lightcast, October 2026).

Your UCAS points

T Level (overall grade)

Grade UCAS points
D* Distinction* 168
D Distinction 144
M Merit 120
P (A*-C) Pass (core component A* to C) 96
P (D-E) Pass (core component D or E) 72

UCAS points are an estimate. Each university course sets its own entry requirements, and points can change from year to year. Please enquire for full details about a specific course. Points from the UCAS Tariff tables for 2027 entry. About UCAS Tariff points

Our facilities

Real Equipment, Then Real Placements

You'll learn in our modern Health Care Suite with real equipment, then apply it on a 315-hour placement in a real healthcare setting.

  • The Health Care Suite

    A modern training suite with real healthcare equipment, so you learn hands-on before placement.

  • 315 Hours on Placement

    Real experience with the adult nursing team in a real healthcare setting.

  • Progression to University at UCDon

    UCAS points and a route to nursing, paramedic science, social work and more.

Health and Social Care Healthcare (7)
Health Care Suite · 315 Placement Hours · UCAS Points
Lucie-Mae

Lucie-Mae

T-Level Health

Student Voice

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Doncaster College has been an amazing experience. I’ve learnt teamwork, problem solving, and gained real experience through work placements. The tutors and students are great, and it’s helped me get ready to study paramedic science at university.

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For parents and carers

Supporting your child’s journey

Financial Support Available

Bursaries are available, and free meals are provided for those who qualify. If cost is a concern, there's help, and it's straightforward to apply.

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Qualifications That Count

These are nationally recognised qualifications with real academic weight. Your child will develop practical skills and knowledge that employers and universities genuinely value.

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Real Career Prospects

These qualifications lead to real jobs. Our courses are built around the skills that employers are actually hiring for, locally and nationally.

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Your next step

Apply now, come and see us first, or ask us anything.

Ready to Start Your Health Career?

Applications for September 2027 are open. Apply online in 10 minutes.

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What happens after you apply

1

You apply

Apply online and you’ll get a confirmation email.

2

You meet your tutor

We’ll invite you to an interview to talk through the course and your plans, and make sure it’s right for you.

3

You get an offer

We’ll email you a conditional or unconditional offer.

4

You get ready to start

Come to a taster session in the summer, then enrol in August, bringing your results.

Read our full guide to applying