Funding status for current Cambridge Technicals qualifications

The Department for Education (DfE) published the outcome of their review of post-16 qualification reform on 12 December 2025. The review was set up to determine which qualifications will be funded for 16-19 learners in England for the 2025/26 academic year. The funded post-16 qualifications will sit alongside A Levels and T Levels.

A number of Level 3 Cambridge Technicals qualifications will be defunded by July 2025. Our Level 3 qualifications page sets out at a glance the funding status for our Level 3 vocational qualifications.

Our new Level 3 Alternative Academic Qualifications - Cambridge Advanced Nationals - are approved for funding for first teaching from September 2025.

The following qualifications currently will no longer attract funding from July 2025

Qualification (2012 suite) Funded from September 2025
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Certificate in Health and Social Care (180 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma in Health and Social Care (360 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Subsidiary Diploma in Health and Social Care (540 GLH) NO

 

Qualification (2016 suite) Funded from September 2025
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Certificate in Applied Science (180 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate in Applied Science (360 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma in Applied Science (540 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Applied Science (1080 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Certificate in Engineering (180 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate in Engineering (360 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma in Engineering (540 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Certificate in Health and Social Care (180 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care (360 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care (540 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Certificate in Information Technology (180 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate in Information Technology (360 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma in Information Technology (360 GLH) NO
OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma in Information Technology (540 GLH) NO

 

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