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Functional Skills

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An online toolkit for exams office staff managing and administering qualifications in the functional skills pilot programme in 2009 / 10 can be accessed here

Documents

Functional skills guidance: amplification of the standards (QCA)
Functional skills standards - Version 7 2008: introduction and explanation of levels - this is still very useful but the standards have been superseded by the Regulatory Criteria 2009
QCDA Matrix
Progression Tables for Functional Skills - This is in readiness to deliver the indentification matrix that gives an indication of how ready your organisation is to deliver Functional Skills; this version is aimed at schools.
Functional Skills Support Programme
FSSP Readiness Tool for Functional Skills
Nuts and Bolts Guide: Functional Skills (DCSF)

Functional Skills Bulletins

All further Functional Skills bulletins will be posted on the Bulletin Board as and when we receive them.

General Information

Assessment Principles for Functional Skills
The functional skills assessment principles are a means of regulating and evaluating the pilot qualifications from a range of awarding bodies; click here for full details.

Whole Organisation Approach: self-assessment produced by the Functional Skills Support Programme
This self-assessment tool is a useful starting point when looking at a whole organisational approach to successful curriculum planning, delivery and assessment of Functional Skills; to view click here.

Resources

Click here to view the presentation made to the Strategy Managers on 12 November 2009

The suite of Functional Skills in Diploma Lines of Learning:

Teaching and learning functional English, updated 2009 (PDF document, 3MB)
Teaching and learning functional mathematics, updated 2009 (PDF document, 699KB)
Teaching and learning functional ICT, updated 2009 (PDF document, 1MB)
Managing delivery, updated 2009

Training

Functional Skills Support Programme
This is a workforce development programme preparing practitioners to be fully competent and confident to teach functional English, mathematics and ICT. Support is free and available to all centres participating in the pilot. Click here for full details.

There is a new, national, Functional Skills support site, programme and materials from September 2009. Details can be found here - registration is required.

National Strategies
National Strategies training is now available for e-learning; click here for further information

Websites of Interest

AQA is piloting functional skills qualifications at levels 1 and 2 in English, Mathematics and ICT, and are continuing to trial and develop functional skills at Entry levels during the pilot; for more information click on the logo:

City & Guilds have been piloting functional skills awards with a limited number of centres since September 2007. Their pilot covers all three functional skills areas from Entry 1 to Level 2. Click on the logo for further details on the pilots and how to get involved:

For the latest information and documents on Functional Skills, please click on the DCSF logo:

Edexcel's Functional Skills pages contain lots of free learning resources and assessment information; for further details, click on the logo:

The Functional Skills Support Programme (FSSP) "is designed to prepare practitioners, leaders and managers to introduce functional skills in your centre, from developing applied learning to adopting a whole-organisational approach to functional skills implementation"

The National Strategies has developed a new area that provides quick access to Functional Skills resources; click on the link to access the site:

OCR is running a three year pilot for functional skills in English, Mathematics and ICT from Entry Level through to Level 2. For further details about the pilot and support offered, click on the OCR logo:

The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) has produced Functional Skills guidance: amplification of the standards to provide guidance on the requirements of the functional skills standards; click on the link for more information: