There has been a lot of talk lately about the standard of English and maths, not only in young people, but also in adults.

If you are a teacher or trainer, there will be opportunities to help improve these skills, along with those of information and communication technology (ICT). This article will give you some ideas of how to embed these skills during your sessions, rather than treat them as separate subjects. You will find some useful web links […]

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Useful Links- Functional Skills

Below are some useful links to related educational and teaching orientated websites. Oxford University Press Educational publisher of textbooks, software and online resources from Primary to FE available to buy online. global.oup.com ForSkills Forskills provides a range of solutions to your Functional and Basic Skills needs. Including SkillsBuilder, SkillsAssess and SkillsTrack. www.forskills.co.uk The TES The largest network […]

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The Department for Education (DfE) has published a list of English and maths qualifications that providers must choose from as a “condition of funding” for 16 to 18-year-old learners that do not already have at least grade C in English or maths.

The list of 245 eligible qualifications — part of the Study Programme implementation — includes 115 at entry level, 53 at level one, 24 at levels one and two and 53 atjust level two. Of these, 150 are for English, 89 are for maths and six are available in both subjects. In total, 17 GCSEs […]

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Mathematics and English in Apprenticeships is a new AELP provider guide available as an interactive digital resource, which can be seen on smart devices and tablets, or as hard copy download; developed with the support of the Education and Training Foundation.

              High quality delivery of English and maths programmes is essential for learners and employers. This guide sets out the key issues that all providers need to consider. The environment, in which English and maths programmes are delivered, is changing all the time, particularly in relation to GCSEs qualifications. […]

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With maths & English skills provision remaining firmly in the educational spotlight the debate continues over which qualifications are best suited to meet the needs of the next generation of learners.

        The biggest question remaining in this debate is whether GCSEs or Functional Skills should be used to deliver maths & English training within Apprenticeships. As things currently stand, a recent GCSE at grades A*-C serves to exempt a learner from further study as part of their apprenticeship. If further study is […]

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Maureen’s blog – April 2014

    And so, what happened back in March? Apprenticeship Week meant that there was an array of events and announcements from the government. Nick Clegg was seen working alongside construction apprentices building a wall and students in Derby giving their local church and community centre a facelift were featured in FE Week. I attended […]

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