T Levels are a major part of the Government's reforms to strengthen England's skills system by improving vocational and technical education. These two-year technical programmes for young people aged 16 to 19 years will combine classroom theory, practical learning and an industry placement. Each T Level will be equivalent to three A Levels. The first three T Levels to be delivered are in Digital, Construction, and Education and Childcare. Fifty providers--further education (FE) colleges, independent training providers, sixth form colleges, a University Technical College (UTC), academies, schools and a university--will deliver one or more of these T Level programmes across England from September 2020. This qualitative research provides an independent evidence-informed picture of how provider organisations are preparing to deliver these first three T Levels. The study objectives were to investigate: (1) providers' views on how they are preparing to deliver the first T Levels and their progress to date; (2) the perceptions of organisations who represent and support the post-16 education and training sector on providers' preparation for the introduction of T Levels, within the wider context of level 3 technical provision; and (3) the challenges being faced and learning points for current and future providers of T Levels. The research involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews with senior/middle leaders with organisation-wide responsibility for T Levels in half (25) of the first 50 providers of the three T Levels to be delivered in 2020. The authors additionally interviewed ten senior sector representatives with extensive knowledge of vocational and technical education. Sector representatives were from: associations and unions of teachers, lecturers and education leaders; expert bodies covering applied learning, technical qualifications and professional development; and representative bodies of education and training providers and employers. Interviews with providers primarily focused on their preparation for delivery. Interviews with sector representatives provided broader perspectives on the sector's preparation for the delivery of T Levels.