Business: Administration, Legal, Finance and Accounting T Level Foundation Level 2 (FBMS)

The T Level Foundation Programme is a preparatory programme for Level 2 students who aspire to progress onto a T Level in the following areas;

• T Level Legal Services
• T Level Management and Administration
• T Level Accounting

The course will help you to develop a broad range of knowledge, skills and behaviours. You will also get the chance to complete a work placement.

You will study three units:

• Assessing the success of businesses

• Planning for business change

• Supporting a team to implement business processes

Assessing the success of businesses

This unit focuses on financial and non-financial approaches to measuring business success. It provides a purposeful context for the introduction of fundamental business knowledge in particular relating to finance but also the concept of quality (and compliance) and the perspectives of different stakeholders.

You will develop knowledge in:

• Business context
• Quality and compliance
• Information and data
• Finance

You will develop skills in:

• Communication
• Finance
• Numeracy
• Digital

You will develop the following behaviours:

• Attention to detail
• Integrity

Planning for business change

This outcome focuses on change and how businesses identify opportunities for change and set projects to implement change. As such, it provides a purposeful context for the introduction of fundamental business knowledge in particular relating to project and change management as well as the wider business context.

You will develop knowledge in:

• Business context
• Change management
• Project management
• Information and data
• Statistics

You will develop skills in:

• Analysis
• Investigation
• Planning
• Communication
• Numeracy

You will develop the following behaviours:

• Self-confidence
• Self-awareness
• Self-reflection
• Enterprising

Supporting a team to implement business processes

This outcome focuses on content related to people as employees and the business processes and administrative practices used to support them effectively. It provides a purposeful context for the introduction of fundamental business knowledge in particular relating to people and the legislative and policy-based framework in which they work.

You will develop knowledge in:

• Legislation, regulation and policymaking
• People
• Business systems and processes

You will develop skills in:

• Communication
• Evaluation
• Records
• Decision-making
• Digital

You will develop the following behaviours:

• Self-confidence
• Self-awareness

Assessment is through a portfolio of evidence.

Two GCSEs at grade 4 or above plus English at grade 3 or above.

You can progress onto the T Level in Management and Administration upon completion of this course.